This essay provides an explanation of how Levinas's unique philosophy of ethics, his separation of justice from ethics, and his views of language and communication come together to articulate not a system or code of ethics, but the impossibility of any systematization or codification of one's obligations. Only by understanding the tensions between ethics and justice in Levinas's writing and by relating those to his philosophy of communication can we understand the significance of a Levinasian communication ethic.

Arrizon, A. (2006). Queering Mestizaje: Transculturation and Performance. (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer ▵ Theatre/Drama/Performance). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 246 pp. ISBN:...

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsMin Wha Han Min Wha Han is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsJennifer C. DunnJennifer Dunn is a doctoral candidate in Rhetoric and Public Culture at Ohio UniversityMarie ThompsonMarie Thompson is a fourth year doctoral student in Health Communication at Ohio University

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsKara A. LaskowskiKara Laskowski is Associate Professor of Human Communication Studies at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Thirty-five years ago I argued that portraying rhetoric as the inexorable result of real situational demands, as opposed to competitive persuasion, creating perceptions of situational demands, would relegate the field to secondary disciplinary status and ethical irrelevance. Since then, this prediction has been largely fulfilled, but a change in perspective can make rhetoric a primary study with ethical significance.

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobert E. Denton Robert E. Denton, Jr. (Ph.D. Purdue University, 1980) holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech

Gillman, S., & Weinbaum, A. E. (Eds.). (2007). Next to the Color Line: Gender, Sexuality, and W.E.B. Du Bois. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 429 pp. ISBN: 0816647232. $25.00 (paperback...