@article{article_1682235, title={Revealing The Fundamental Aporia In Levinas’s Interpretation Of Heidegger: The Difference Between “Dasein” And “Human” In Heidegger’s Early Ontology}, journal={Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi}, pages={209–224}, year={2025}, DOI={10.21497/sefad.1682235}, author={Demir, Barışcan}, keywords={Heidegger, Levinas, Dasein, gerçeklik, olanak}, abstract={This article treats of the distinction between “Dasein” and “human” in early Heidegger’s ontology. To reduce similar concepts to the “same” means relegating the “difference”, which lends actual power to these concepts, to a minute element that is naturally overlooked. Meanwhile, small oddities which at first sight appear to be insignificant appear as the initial signals of something going wrong with the whole of the narrative produced. In this article, first the small oddities found in Levinas’s interpretation of Heidegger are revealed to place the whole narrative on thin ice. The fundamental oddity in Levinas’s interpretation of Heidegger, which may initially appear minor and insignificant but, as I will later argue, culminates in a significant interpretative problem, is Levinas’s evaluation of Heidegger’s concept of “Dasein” as equivalent to “human”. After elucidating this problem, it is demonstrated that the error in the interpretation develops around strategic aims and how an interpretation shaped around such aims creates aporias in the whole of Levinas’s narrative. Finally, a new narrative, which shows the main difference between “Dasein” and “human” in early Heidegger’s ontology, is developed.}, number={54}, publisher={Selçuk Üniversitesi}