Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism » (1st Edition)

Emmanuel Levinas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1906, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1930. His many books include Existences and Essences and Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence. He died in Paris in 1995.

A collection of Levinas's writings on religion and the significance of religion, especially Judaism and Jewish spirituality, in European philosophy. Topics include ethics, esthetics, politics, messianism, Judaism and women, and Jewish-Christian relations.