The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas

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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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This book provides a clear and helpful overview of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, one of the most significant and interesting philosophers of the late twentieth century. Michael L. Morgan presents an overall interpretation of Levinas' central principle that human existence is fundamentally ethical and that its ethical character is grounded in our face-to-face relationships. He explores the religious, cultural and political implications of this insight for modern Western culture and how it relates to our conception of selfhood and what it is to be a person, our understanding of the ground of moral values, our experience of time and the meaning of history, and our experience of religious concepts and discourse. Includes an annotated list of recommended readings and a selected bibliography of books by and about Levinas. An excellent introduction to Levinas for readers unfamiliar with his work and even for those without a background in philosophy.