Being for the Other: Emmanuel Levinas, Ethical Living and Psychoanalysis

by Paul Marcus

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Freud wrote that "analysis makes for integration but does not itself make for goodness." Marcus (National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis) introduces the seminal work of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95), who worked toward an ethically-infused being for the Other psychoanalysis influenced by his Holocaust experience, to English-speaking audiences. The volume includes clinical vignettes relating to the themes of love, suffering, and religion, and a Levinas bibliography.
  • ISBN13 9780874627633
  • Publish Date 12 February 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Marquette University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 278
  • Language English