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face (sociology)  

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  • Face is a pivotal term—together with the Other—in the work of Emmanuel Lévinas. Lévinas thought that there are two main tendencies in Western philosophy: autonomy and heteronomy, and that in modern times the former dominates. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Face]

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