Introduction: Levinas and the problem of human longing
The origins, aim, and ends of human longing: Levinas and Plato in dialogue
Longing and striving for the beyond: Levinas and Heidegger in dialogue
The ethics of longing: Levinas and Fichte in dialogue
The metaphysics of longing and creature-consciousness: Levinas and Schelling in dialogue
Longing and the numinous: Levinas and Otto in dialogue.