Itinerant Philosophy: On Alphonso Lingis /

Alphonso Lingis is the author of fourteen books and many essays. He is emeritus professor of philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. While many know him only as an eccentric ex-professor or as the translator of Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Pierre Klossowski, he is arguably the m...

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Other Authors: Sparrow, Tom, 1979- (Editor), George, Bobby (Bobby J.)
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Language:English
Published: Brooklyn NY : Punctum Books 2014.
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