Julia Ponzio
Università degli Studi di Bari, Studi Umanistici, Faculty Member
- Università degli Studi di Bari, Lettere Lingue Arti, Department Memberadd
- Julia Ponzio, PhD Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, is researcher in Philosophy and Theory of Languages at Unive... moreJulia Ponzio, PhD Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, is researcher in Philosophy and Theory of Languages at University of Bari, where she teaches Philosophy of Language and Semiotics of Textedit
According to Levinas, answering the question concerning the relation between recognition and intersubjectivity implies a critique of ontology. Indeed, from an ontological perspective, recognition reduces alterity to the self. The whole... more
According to Levinas, answering the question concerning the relation between recognition and intersubjectivity implies a critique of ontology. Indeed, from an ontological perspective, recognition reduces alterity to the self. The whole philosophical research undertaken by Levinas consists in investigating what ontology presupposes, that is to say an inquiry on what transcends ontology as well as constitutes its condition of possibility. This paper seeks to show how Levinas, through the critic of ontology, tries to solve the contradiction between the recognition of the other as singularity and the other as identity, and how this attempt implies a reflection on the concept of forgiveness.
