CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1. “WHAT MUST A JEWISH THINKER BE?”

2. LEVINAS, LITERATURE, AND THE RUIN OF THE WORLD

3. BETWEEN THE JEW AND WRITING

4. TO LOSE ONE’S HEAD: LITERATURE AND THE DEMOCRACY TO COME

5. LITERATURE AND THE POLITICAL-THEOLOGICAL REMAINS

EPILOGUE: “THERE IS NOT A PIN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN US”

Notes

Bibliography

Index