Colin Davis (philosopher)

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Colin Davis (born 1960) is professor of French at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is known for his research on French literature and Levinas's thought. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Davis, Colin (1996). Levinas: An Introduction. University of Notre Dame Press. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. Strhan, Anna (2012). Levinas, Subjectivity, Education: Towards an Ethics of Radical Responsibility. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781118312377.
  3. "Colin Davis". Ethics of Storytelling: Historical Imagination in Contemporary Literature, Media and Visual Arts. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.