| Levinas claims that the concept of totality dominates the traditional Western philosophy,and ontology is its main form.The concept of totality is closely related to war and totalitarianism,ontology,with its neutrality,leads to dehumanization or the annihilation of the Other.Starting from the relationship between existence and existent,Levinas use the subject structure of Descartes’ "Cogito,ergo sum" for reference,argues how can a existent establish itself in the process of escaping from il y a.This self-established lonely subject,,breaks down the concept of totality,and prepares the conditions for the occurrence of the concept of infinity.Levinas criticizes the violence against the Other in Husserl’s theory of representation intentionality,which caused by Husserl ignores that the concept of infinity is overflows "cogito".He proposes two kinds of intentionality that break through the traditional intentionality structure,the desire for the Other,and the enjoy on elements.Enjoy,the more original than representation intentionality and bidirectional constructed intentionality,.starts from the physical existence,makes the subject based on externality root in the world specifically,and have the ability to welcome the arrival of the Other at home. |
