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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025532538 | 194 M849C 2011 | 1 |