El mito del palestino sin rostro y la politización del pensamiento de Emmanuel Levinas

• Troitskiy Shisheeva, Konstantin ^[1]
  1. [1] Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

     Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

     Stadtkreis Karlsruhe, Alemania

     
• Localización: Contrastes: revista internacional de filosofía, ISSN-e 2659-921X, ISSN 1136-4076, Vol. 31, Nº 2, 2026, págs. 1-18
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.24310/contrastes.31.1.2026.21382
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The myth of the faceless Palestinian and the politicization of Emmanuel Levinas’ thought
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  • español

    Este artículo analiza los casos de algunos autores que atribuyen una o más de las siguientes afirmaciones a Emmanuel Levinas: el palestino no es el Otro, la responsabilidad no se aplica al palestino o se aplica menos que al israelí, el palestino no tiene «rostro». Está demostrado que estas afirmaciones no son una interpretación errónea, sino un «mito», es decir, una ficción o narrativa falsa, debido a la politización del pensamiento de Levinas por parte de ciertos intelectuales. El origen, la génesis, la divulgación, el contenido y las variaciones de este «mito» estan en el foco de la investigación.

  • English

    The article analyses the various cases of several authors who attribute one or more of the following statements to Emmanuel Levinas: the Palestinian is not the Other, responsibility does not apply to the Palestinian or applies less than to the Israeli, the Palestinian is «faceless». It will be shown that these statements are not contentious or erroneous interpretation, but rather a «myth», that is, a fiction or false narrative, due to the politicization of Levinas’ thought by certain intellectuals. The origin, genesis, dissemination, content, variations and motives of this «myth» are the focal points of the research.

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