In Search of the Good Life

<p>Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) French phenomenological philosopher and Talmudic commentator is regarded as perhaps the greatest ethical philosopher of our time. While Levinas enjoys prominence in the philosophical and scholarly community especially in Europe there are few if any books or articles written that take Levinas's extremely difficult to understand if not obtuse philosophy and apply it to the everyday lives of real people struggling to give greater meaning and purpose especially ethical meaning to their personal lives. This book attempts to fill in the large gap in the Levinas literature mainly through using a Levinasian-inspired ethically-infused psychoanalytic approach.</p>