From edward s casey distinguished professor of philosophy stony brook university quotthis singular book puts a number of leading figures in philosophy into conversation with each other and with the author himself who manages skillfully to. In altared ground levinas history and violence brian schroeder considers emmanuel levinas claim that the history of western philosophy is essentially an ontology of violence and assesses its accuracy through an engagement with the philosophies of plato hegel nietzsche heidegger merleau ponty derrida deleuze among others not merely an exposition of levinas original and complex thinking schroeder rereads the history of western philosophy and religion by going beyond levinas . In altared ground levinas history and violence brian schroeder stages an engagement between emmanuel levinas one of the leading figures in 20th century continental philosophy and plato hegel heidegger nietzsche merleau ponty derrida and others in the history of ideas. Request pdf on jan 1 2000 william large published altared ground levinas history and violence by brian schroeder find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate