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@article{ART002382829},
author={Wook Joo Park},
title={The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2018},
volume={75},
number={3},
pages={139-172},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139}

TY - JOUR
AU - Wook Joo Park
TI - The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2018
VL - 75
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 139
EP - 172
SN - 1598-3021
AB - The origin of Levinas’ phenomenology of the Other and his idea of mystery is Judaic. This is an evident fact that Levinas himself has acknowledged and most Levinas researchers have assented to. However, there seems to be something missing from this consensus. Researchers should be reminded that Levinas’ idea of mystery was developed through serious communication with Heidegger’s mysticism, which was conducted in a very refutative manner. It would not be going too far to say that Levinas’ idea of mystery was affected by Heidegger’s mysticism in such and such a way. In order to substantiate this inference, the present study delves into specific details and the methodical structure of Levinas’ argument of divine mystery. This is followed by a comparative approach to Levinas’ idea of divine mystery and Eckhart’s mystical thought, which has been indicated as one of the primary origins of Heideggerian mysticism. In so doing, the present study demonstrates that Eckhart’s mysticism, which was interpreted in an existential way by Heidegger, constitutes one of the primary origins of Levinas’ idea of divine mystery, albeit more or less secondarily when compared with the Torah of Judaism. This is followed by a suggestion of the implications of this demonstration.
KW - Divine Mystery;Absenceness;Otherness;Ethicity;Seclusion;Irrationality
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139
ER -

Wook Joo Park. (2018). The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 75(3), 139-172.

Wook Joo Park. 2018, "The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.75, no.3 pp.139-172. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park "The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75.3 pp.139-172 (2018) : 139.

Wook Joo Park. The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery. 2018; 75(3), 139-172. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park. "The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75, no.3 (2018) : 139-172.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park. The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 75(3), 139-172. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park. The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2018; 75(3) 139-172. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park. The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery. 2018; 75(3), 139-172. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139

Wook Joo Park. "The Other and Divine Mystery: The Mystical Origin of Levinas’ Idea of Divine Mystery" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 75, no.3 (2018) : 139-172.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.75.3.201808.139