Ethics as a true revolution, another way to read Levinas or beyond

Authors

  • Esteban J. Beltrán Ulate member of the Costa Rican Philosophy Association (ACOFI), Costa Rican Circle of Phenomenology, Latin American Circle of Phenomenology (CLAFEN), International Association of Phenomenology and Cognitive Science, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), Member of Scientific Comitee of American Institute for Levinasian Studies, collaborator with Phenomenological Reviews (Open Commons of Phenomenology) and Coordinator of the Institute of Research in Jewish Philosophy (IIFJ) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-443X
  • Ricardo Timm de souza PUCRS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/10.15448/1984-6746.2018.1.28870

Keywords:

ethics, Levinas, Otherness, Politics, Revolution

Abstract

This paper criticizes social revolution, by focusing on the reconfiguration of the notion from an ethical point of view. It is divided in three sections: (i) Brother’s death; (ii) Remove the sandals; (iii) Thou wilt be as many as the stars. Each section contains Levinas’s thought as the main axis. Although it is well known that Levinas does not develop a theory of revolution, it is possible to find a fruitful analysis in light of his meditations about politics and ethics.

 

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Esteban J. Beltrán Ulate, member of the Costa Rican Philosophy Association (ACOFI), Costa Rican Circle of Phenomenology, Latin American Circle of Phenomenology (CLAFEN), International Association of Phenomenology and Cognitive Science, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), Member of Scientific Comitee of American Institute for Levinasian Studies, collaborator with Phenomenological Reviews (Open Commons of Phenomenology) and Coordinator of the Institute of Research in Jewish Philosophy (IIFJ)

Esteban Beltrán Ulate: (Costa Rica, 1986), member of the Costa Rican Philosophy Association (ACOFI), Latin American Circle of Phenomenology (CLAFEN), Coordinator of the Institute of Research in Jewish Philosophy (IIFJ), is currently pursuing a master's degree in Philosophy at the University of Costa Rica. Music Professor in Public Education Ministry, Philosophy Professor in Universidad Continental de las Ciencias y las Artes. Author of twenty papers in Journals of Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and México.

 

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Published

2018-04-23

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Ulate, E. J. B., & Timm de souza, R. (2018). Ethics as a true revolution, another way to read Levinas or beyond. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 63(1), 72–86. https://doi.org/10.15448/10.15448/1984-6746.2018.1.28870

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Vol. 63 No. 1 (2018): Dossier - Jewish Philosophy

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Dossier -Jewish Philosophy

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