ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the Emmanuel Levinas's ideas of singularity and multiplicity and his identification of language and discourse as the ultimate means to create an ethical community, provide tangible possibilities for rebuilding genuine democracy in a human world, democracy that does not reduce and compromise our subjectivity. He is one of the most profoundly original Western philosopher in the twentieth century, has recently received considerable attention from educators and educational theorists. The expressive use of language prioritized by Emmanuel Levinas's over its rational use in the forms of speaking and listening enables a humane, ethical relation among singularities. Embodiment and sensibility are ethical features of educational life, insofar as educational settings are concerned with the pedagogical transformation of the self. A very effective and affecting collection, educational issue, it is hoped, form a vibrant and exciting intervention into not only the philosophy of education but Emmanuel Levinas studies in general, and beyond.
