Part I: The Idea of Discourse. The Impasse of Dialogue dialogue. -- Original Plurality: The Terms of Discourse -- Discourse as the Condition of Possibility for Dialogue -- Part II: The Possible Impossibility. Introduction to Part II -- The Two Aspects of Language: The Saying and the Said -- The Two Directions in Language: The Reductive and the Re-constructive -- The Moment of Responsibility: Time and Eternity -- Part III: Discourse, Philosophy, and Peace. Levinas's Philosophical Discourse -- The Im/possibility of Peace
pt. 1. The idea of discourse -- pt. 2. The possible impossibility -- pt. 3. Discourse, philosophy, and peace
Summary
"The Intrigue of Ethics' explains how human beings can live more peacefully with one another by understanding the conditions of possibility for dialogue. The arguments to this point are taken largely from Emmanuel Levinas's 'Totality and Infinity' and his 'Otherwise than Being."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-431) and index
