The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas
by
 
Morgan, Michael L., 1944-

Title
The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas

Author
Morgan, Michael L., 1944-

ISBN
9780521193023
 
9780521141062

Personal Author
Morgan, Michael L., 1944-

Publication Information
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Physical Description
ix, 259 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Introduction -- Responding to atrocity in the twentieth century -- How to read Levinas: normativity and transcendental philosophy -- The ethical content of the face-to-face -- Philosophy, totality, and the everyday -- Subjectivity and the self: passivity and freedom -- God, philosophy, and the ground of the ethical -- Time, history, and messianism -- Greek and Hebrew: religion, ethics and Judaism -- Conclusions, puzzles, problems.

Abstract
"This book provides a clear and helpful overview of the philosophical core of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, one of the most significant and interesting philosophers of the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject
Lévinas, Emmanuel.


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