Abstract
This paper criticizes social revolution, by focusing on the reconfiguration of the notion from an ethical point of view. It is divided in three sections: (i) Brother’s death; (ii) Remove the sandals; (iii) Thou wilt be as many as the stars. Each section contains Levinas’s thought as the main axis. Although it is well known that Levinas does not develop a theory of revolution, it is possible to find a fruitful analysis in light of his meditations about politics and ethics.
Highlights
Revolution is dead, it is a worn-out concept
It is well known that Levinas does not develop a theory of revolution, in his meditations about politics and ethics, it is possible to find a fruitful analysis
Levinas offers a reading that illuminates the understanding of the individual who embodies the revolution, starting with an interpretation of the self in solitude, of being hypostatized, revealed in Time et Autre (1979)
Summary
Revolution is dead, it is a worn-out concept. Revolutionary project has failed in its main thesis, because death cannot be the key to build a new civilization. Souza - Ethics as a true revolution, another way to read Levinas or beyond | 73 of the concept and to construct a new understanding of revolution as ethics, from a levinasian perspective. Crime is an inherent element in the structure of the revolution, and has its own logic, presents itself as irruption, breaks the flow of natural existence, causes trembling and fear.
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