The others of the Other: the space of alterity in Octavio Paz’s, Emmanuel Lévinas’s and Jean-Paul Sartre’s thoughts

Authors

  • Rodrigo Guimarães UNIMONTES – Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros. Departamento de Letras-Mestrado em Literatura Brasileira. Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 39401-365 –

Keywords:

Alterity, Other, Octavio Paz, Emmanuel Lévinas, Jean-Paul Sartre,

Abstract

This paper attempts to analyze the concepts of otredad [otherness] as defined by Octavio Paz, l’Autre et l’absolument Autre [the other and the absolute other], by Emmanuel Lévinas and l’être en-soi, l’être pour-soi et l’être pour-autrui [being-in-itself, being-for-itself and being-for others], by Jean-Paul Sartre in contemporary literature. The following books were analyzed: Paz’s El arco y la lira [The bow and the lyre] and La otra voz [The other voice]; Lévinas’s Autrement qu’être ou au-delà de l’essence [Otherwise than being: or beyond essence] and Sartre’s L’être et le néant [Being and nothingness], in which the processes of surpassing the cognoscent subject by the Other (in different modes of action) are more intensely shown.

How to Cite

Guimarães, R. (2013). The others of the Other: the space of alterity in Octavio Paz’s, Emmanuel Lévinas’s and Jean-Paul Sartre’s thoughts. Revista De Letras, 51(2). Retrieved from https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/5723

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Section

Varia