{"product_id":"state-of-others-levinas-and-decolonial-israel-hardback-9780253073266","title":"State of Others; Levinas and Decolonial Israel (Hardback) 9780253073266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eState of Others\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLevinas and Decolonial Israel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElad Lapidot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253073266\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eState of Others: Levinas and Decolonial Israel\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relations between post-Holocaust Jewish thought and postcolonial thought through the work of Emmanuel Levinas. In the last decade, thinkers have criticized Levinas for his Eurocentrism; however, author Elad Lapidot argues that Levinas anticipated this critique and, from the 1960s onward, began setting the foundations for decolonial Jewish thought - and for decolonial Zionism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eState of Others\u003c\/i\u003e offers an innovative analysis of Levinas's intellectual project as articulated around a turn in the year 1968. This turn relates to the relationship between Judaism and Western civilization. Prior to 1968, Levinas considered the historical Jewish collective, Israel, as the avant-garde of Western humanism. After 1968, with the rise of decolonial discourse, Levinas's concept of Israel shifts roles and becomes the paradigmatic victim of Western imperialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eState of Others\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how Levinas simultaneously developed his dual narratives - before and after the pivotal year of 1968 - across his philosophical and Jewish writings, with a special emphasis on the Talmudic Readings. It presents for the first time a cohesive overview of Levinas's writings, both early and late, as interconnected components of a singular intellectual endeavor. The ethical principles concerning the other, as articulated by Levinas, are conceptually linked to his reflections on the State of Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eState of Justice: Levinas before 1968\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePhilosophy\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ethics as Optics\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Philonic Encounter\u003cbr\u003e Prophecy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Our Old Europe\u003cbr\u003e 4. The State of David\u003cbr\u003e 5. States of Israel\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eState of Persecution: Levinas after 1968\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePhilosophy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Unsaying\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Self as Other\u003cbr\u003e Prophecy\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1967 after 1968\u003cbr\u003e 9. Decolonial Eschatology\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Logos to Talmud\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525707559192,"sku":"9780253073266","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/state-of-others-levinas-and-decolonial-israel-hardback-9780253073266","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}