So Near, So Far: Emmanuel Levinas and Vladimir Jankélévitch

The purpose of my article is to shed light on the relationship proximity and distance that linked two major figures 20th-century French philosophy: Emmanuel Levinas Vladimir Jankélévitch. This presents a comparative study their respective views Metaphysics Ethics. It also deals with contribution reflection fact “Being Jewish”, theme was at center preoccupations these artisans renewal Jewish thought in France after Shoah. I conduct analysis between key concepts Levinas’ “There is” “Otherness” Jankélévitch’s “I-know-not-what” “Ipseity”. point out difference ethics Otherness morality paradox. In section highlight crucial distinction they both made racism anti-Semitism very different meaning gave it.