Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century and is best known for his work on ethics and theology. Levinas and the Political explores Levinas' early writings in the face of National Socialism through to his controversial political statements on Israeli and French politics. Howard Caygill also explores Levinas' engagement with his contemporaries Heidegger and Bataille, and his re-thinking of the political for an understanding of the significance of the Holocaust.