Emmanuel Levinas and the “specter of masochism”: A Cross-Disciplinary Confusion of Tongues
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DOI: 10.1080/24720038.2019.1550999
Abstract: This article addresses persistent concerns within clinical contexts that Emmanuel Levinas’s ethics harbors a “masochistic”—or otherwise unwholesome—conception of subjectivity. Mobilizing Emmanuel Ghent’s distinction between masochism and surrender, and extending it into ethical terrain, I argue… read more here.
Keywords: masochism; specter masochism; masochism cross; cross disciplinary ... See more keywords