Exerting a profound influence upon such thinkers as Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot, and Irigaray, Levinas\'s work bridges several major gaps in the evolution of continental philosophy -- between modern and postmodern, phenomenology and poststructuralism, ethics and ontology.
Published in France a few ye.
Entre Nous (Between Us) is the culmination of Levinas\'s philosophy.
He is credited with having spurred a revitalized interest in ethics-based philosophy throughout Europe and America.
Exerting a profound influence upon such thinkers as Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot, and Irigaray, Levinas\'s work bridges several major gaps in the evolution of continental philosophy -- between modern and postmodern, phenomenology and poststructuralism, ethics and ontology