The 20 th century French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is well-known in Europe, as well as the fact that he comes from Kaunas. This exceptional personality died in Paris, France, 90 years after his birth in Kaunas. They have successfully involved video artist Milosh Luczynski France , musician and composer Rafal Mazur Poland , and Lithuanian and French actors and philosophers.
By the way, Viktoras Bachmetjevas, a philosopher who represents Lithuania and studies the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, was the performer in the Luxembourg premiere of this production. About the future production we talk to producer, author and playwright Vincent Adelus.
Putting philosophy on stage. Vincent Adelus managed to find a transcription of radio interviews with the author from the s. Emmanuel Levinas is recognised as one of the five most important philosophers of the 20 th century. Born in to a Jewish family in Kaunas, he later came to France to study and became a French citizen. A couple of them are available in Lithuanian.
The performance was born to pay tribute to the work of the French-Lithuanian philosopher. He has written many works in an unusual language, his philosophy is a philosophy of concepts. As a playwright, I needed to have a deep understanding of the author, which is why I met the philosopher Bernard Fischer and Father Robert Scholtus, a priest of the Church of Saint Maximin in Metz, who knew Levinas well and invited him to several conferences.
Philosopher Viktoras Bachmetjevas. He was captured at the very beginning of the war and spent four years in a labour camp in East Germany. His French uniform saved his life, but his family in Kaunas β his parents and two brothers β were murdered. All these years Levinas did not stop writing. One day, a stray dog wandered into the camp and took up residence there.
