Comments on: Adorno Vs. Levinas: Evaluating Points of Contention http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2008/08/16/adorno-vs-levinas-evaluating-points-of-contention/ A Bulletin Board for Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy and More… Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:11:13 -0500 hourly 1 By: dlow http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2008/08/16/adorno-vs-levinas-evaluating-points-of-contention/comment-page-1/#comment-50286 dlow Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:41:31 +0000 http://www.continental-philosophy.org/?p=904#comment-50286 Interesting article, in many ways, but operates with a fundamental misunderstanding of Levinas. As noted in the abstract, there is the claim that Levinas\' work is a \"transcendental phenomenology,\" which is a wild and strange claim (lacking substantiation in the article). Also, the identification of art as idolatry in Levinas fails to understand the complexity of Levinas\' treatment of the aesthetic generally, literature in particular (readings of Celan, for example). The understanding of Adorno is better. In the end, not very helpful for a \"dialogue\" between thinkers, given the awkward and caricature-like reading of E.L. Besides, isn\'t it strange to read an article where one \"imagines what one would say to the other\"? I found it very strange. Interesting article, in many ways, but operates with a fundamental misunderstanding of Levinas. As noted in the abstract, there is the claim that Levinas\’ work is a \"transcendental phenomenology,\" which is a wild and strange claim (lacking substantiation in the article). Also, the identification of art as idolatry in Levinas fails to understand the complexity of Levinas\’ treatment of the aesthetic generally, literature in particular (readings of Celan, for example).

The understanding of Adorno is better. In the end, not very helpful for a \"dialogue\" between thinkers, given the awkward and caricature-like reading of E.L. Besides, isn\’t it strange to read an article where one \"imagines what one would say to the other\"? I found it very strange.

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