Abstract
This article aims to seek commonalities or borders that allow for an approximation between Levinasian and Marxian thoughts. It must be recognized that there are great differences between the two authors, starting with the fact that Lévinas concentrates his work in the field of ethics and Marx in the field of political economy. Furthermore, Lévinas seems to write from the perspective of surrender and bestowal, while Marx seems to write from the perspective of conquest and emancipation. However, Lévinas himself never ceased to give merit to Marxism for having revoked the hypocrisy of the sermon and romanticism. In an interview published in 1983 by the Esprit Magazine, Lévinas, when directly asked about the possibility of the relationship between his philosophy and Marxism, responded by saying that Marxism invites humanity to claim what it is my duty to give it, and that Marxism took the Other seriously. It is as if the thought of Lévinas and Marx came from opposite directions: while the former speaks of responsibility and donation, the latter speaks of emancipation and demand. However, even though coming from opposite directions, both needed to undertake a radical critique, denounce the debasement of the human hidden behind pseudo-humanist jokes, break with the dominant philosophical thought and institute their reflections from a non-place, this is, a transcendence or a revolution. To reach the proposed objective, the following path will be developed: i) critique of idealism; ii) non-submission in the face of totality; iii) society, justice and prophecy; and iv) transcendence and revolution.
Keywords:
Lévinas; Marx; Transcendence; Revolution