Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995) was a Lithuanian-French philosopher of Jewish heritage. He studied philosophy in Freiburg under Edmund Husserl and became a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris-Nanterre in 1962. His philosophy, particularly his ethics of the Other and his thinking on alterity, engaged critically with phenomenology. His work influenced thinkers including Jacques Derrida, as well as theology and Jewish-Christian dialogue. In 1983, Levinas received the Karl Jaspers Prize from the City and University of Heidelberg.