Levinas

Author : Jeffrey L. Kosky
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253108555

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Levinas and the Philosophy of Religion by Jeffrey L. Kosky Pdf

Levinas and the Philosophy of Religion Jeffrey L. Kosky Reveals the interplay of phenomenology and religion in Levinas's thought. "Kosky examines Levinas's thought from the perspective of the philosophy of religion and he does so in a way that is attentive to the philosophical nuances of Levinas's argument.... an insightful, well written, and carefully documented study... that uniquely illuminates Levinas's work." -- John D. Caputo For readers who suspect there is no place for religion and morality in postmodern philosophy, Jeffrey L. Kosky suggests otherwise in this skillful interpretation of the ethical and religious dimensions of Emmanuel Levinas's thought. Placing Levinas in relation to Hegel and Nietzsche, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida and Marion, Kosky develops religious themes found in Levinas's work and offers a way to think and speak about ethics and morality within the horizons of contemporary philosophy of religion. Kosky embraces the entire scope of Levinas's writings, from Totality and Infinity to Otherwise than Being, contrasting Levinas's early religious and moral thought with that of his later works while exploring the nature of phenomenological reduction, the relation of religion and philosophy, the question of whether Levinas can be considered a Jewish thinker, and the religious and theological import of Levinas's phenomenology. Kosky stresses that Levinas is first and foremost a phenomenologist and that the relationship between religion and philosophy in his ethics should cast doubt on the assumption that a natural or inevitable link exists between deconstruction and atheism. Jeffrey L. Kosky is translator of On Descartes' Metaphysical Prism: The Constitution and the Limits of Onto-theo-logy in Cartesian Thought by Jean-Luc Marion. He has taught at Williams College. Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion -- Merold Westphal, general editor May 2001 272 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, bibl., index, append. cloth 0-253-33925-1 $39.95 s / £30.50

Author : Simon Critchley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198738763

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The Problem with Levinas by Simon Critchley Pdf

Levinas's idea of ethics as a relation of responsibility to others has become highly influential. Simon Critchley proposes a dramatic new way of reading Levinas's work, and provides a less familiar, more troubling, account of it. He argues that Levinas's fundamental problem was the attempt to escape the tragic fatality of Heidegger's philosophy.

Author : J. Aaron Simmons,David Wood
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253003591

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Kierkegaard and Levinas by J. Aaron Simmons,David Wood Pdf

Recent discussions in the philosophy of religion, ethics, and personal political philosophy have been deeply marked by the influence of two philosophers who are often thought to be in opposition to each other, SÃ ̧ren Kierkegaard and Emmanuel Levinas. Devoted expressly to the relationship between Levinas and Kierkegaard, this volume sets forth a more rigorous comparison and sustained engagement between them. Established and newer scholars representing varied philosophical traditions bring these two thinkers into dialogue in 12 sparkling essays. They consider similarities and differences in how each elaborated a unique philosophy of religion, and they present themes such as time, obligation, love, politics, God, transcendence, and subjectivity. This conversation between neighbors is certain to inspire further inquiry and ignite philosophical debate.

Author : Emmanuel Lévinas
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0804730946

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Of God Who Comes to Mind by Emmanuel Lévinas Pdf

The thirteen essays collected in this volume investigate the possibility that the word "God" can be understood now, at the end of the twentieth century, in a meaningful way. Nine of the essays appear in English translation for the first time. Among Levinas's writings, this volume distinguishes itself, both for students of his thought and for a wider audience, by the range of issues it addresses. Levinas not only rehearses the ethical themes that have led him to be regarded as one of the most original thinkers working out of the phenomenological tradition, but he also takes up philosophical questions concerning politics, language, and religion. The volume situates his thought in a broader intellectual context than have his previous works. In these essays, alongside the detailed investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, Rosenzweig, and Buber that characterize all his writings, Levinas also addresses the thought of Kierkegaard, Marx, Bloch, and Derrida. Some essays provide lucid expositions not available elsewhere to key areas of Levinas's thought. "God and Philosophy" is perhaps the single most important text for understanding Levinas and is in many respects the best introduction to his works. "From Consciousness to Wakefulness" illuminates Levinas's relation to Husserl and thus to phenomenology, which is always his starting point, even if he never abides by the limits it imposes. In "The Thinking of Being and the Question of the Other," Levinas not only addresses Derrida's Speech and Phenomenon but also develops an answer to the later Heidegger's account of the history of Being by suggesting another way of reading that history. Among the other topics examined in the essays are the Marxist concept of ideology, death, hermeneutics, the concept of evil, the philosophy of dialogue, the relation of language to the Other, and the acts of communication and mutual understanding.

Author : Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1557530246

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To the Other by Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak Pdf

"The best introduction available for students of one of the most important philosophers of this century."--"American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly." (Philosophy)

Author : Cynthia D. Coe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253031983

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Levinas and the Trauma of Responsibility by Cynthia D. Coe Pdf

Levinas's account of responsibility challenges dominant notions of time, autonomy, and subjectivity according to Cynthia D. Coe. Employing the concept of trauma in Levinas's late writings, Coe draws together his understanding of time and his claim that responsibility is an obligation to the other that cannot be anticipated or warded off. Tracing the broad significance of these ideas, Coe shows how Levinas revises our notions of moral agency, knowledge, and embodiment. Her focus on time brings a new interpretive lens to Levinas's work and reflects on a wider discussion of the fragmentation of human experience as an ethical subject. Coe's understanding of trauma and time offers a new appreciation of how Levinas can inform debates about gender, race, mortality, and animality.

Author : Michael L. Morgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139464734

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Discovering Levinas by Michael L. Morgan Pdf

In Discovering Levinas, Michael L. Morgan shows how this thinker faces in novel and provocative ways central philosophical problems of twentieth-century philosophy and religious thought. He tackles this task by placing Levinas in conversation with philosophers such as Donald Davidson, Stanley Cavell, John McDowell, Onora O'Neill, Charles Taylor, and Cora Diamond. He also seeks to understand Levinas within philosophical, religious, and political developments in the history of twentieth-century intellectual culture. Morgan demystifies Levinas by examining his unfamiliar and surprising vocabulary, interpreting texts with an eye to clarity, and arguing that Levinas can be understood as a philosopher of the everyday. Morgan also shows that Levinas's ethics is not morally and politically irrelevant nor is it excessively narrow and demanding in unacceptable ways. Neither glib dismissal nor fawning acceptance, this book provides a sympathetic reading that can form a foundation for a responsible critique.

Author : Emmanuel Levinas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980-02-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400993439

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Totality and Infinity by Emmanuel Levinas Pdf

Author : Tom Sparrow
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781782790570

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Levinas Unhinged by Tom Sparrow Pdf

Through six heterodox essays this book extracts a materialist account of subjectivity and aesthetics from the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. More than a work of academic commentary that would leave many of Levinas s pious commentators aghast, Sparrow exhibits an aspect of Levinas which is darker, yet no less fundamental, than his ethical and theological guises. This darkened Levinas provides answers to problems in aesthetics, speculative philosophy, ecology, ethics, and philosophy of race, problems which not only trouble scholars, but which haunt anyone who insists that the material of existence is the beginning and end of existence itself.

Author : Adriaan T. Peperzak,Simon Critchley,Robert Bernasconi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253013361

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Emmanuel Levinas by Adriaan T. Peperzak,Simon Critchley,Robert Bernasconi Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1996) has exerted a profound influence on 20th-century continental philosophy. This anthology, including Levinas's key philosophical texts over a period of more than forty years, provides an ideal introduction to his thought and offers insights into his most innovative ideas. Five of the ten essays presented here appear in English for the first time. An introduction by Adriaan Peperzak outlines Levinas's philosophical development and the basic themes of his writings. Each essay is accompanied by a brief introduction and notes. This collection is an ideal text for students of philosophy concerned with understanding and assessing the work of this major philosopher.

Author : William Large
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472531889

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Levinas' 'Totality and Infinity' by William Large Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas' Totality and Infinity is a monumental work of phenomenological enquiry that goes on to assert the centrality of ethics to philosophical thought. This Reader's Guide provides a detailed explanation of the work, breaking down the occasionally intimidating but always inspirational content of Totality and Infinity for non-specialist readers, unpacking the complexities of Levinas' thought with clarity and rigour. Ideal for students coming to Levinas for the first time, the book offers essential guidance, outlining key themes, approaches to reading the text, the reception, and influence of the work, and recommends secondary reading materials.

Author : Michael L. Morgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139498074

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The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas by Michael L. Morgan Pdf

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.

Author : Zeev Levy
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1433106973

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From Spinoza to Lévinas by Zeev Levy Pdf

Pt. I. Politics and hermeneutics in the philosophies of Spinoza and Mendelssohn -- Tolerance, liberty and equality -- Spinoza's and Maimonides' esoteric writings -- Pt. II. Philosophical hermeneutics -- Biblical hermeneutics : J.G. Herder and J.W. von Goethe -- Hermeneutics and demythologization : Martin Buber and Rudolf Bultmann -- Hermeneutics and tradition -- Pt. III. Ethics and contemporary Jewish thought -- Death, dying, body, and soul -- Does it make sense to speak about Jewish ethics? -- Pt. IV. Lévinas, politics, and contemporary Jewish thought -- Lévinas on state, revolution, and utopia -- Lévinas on secularization -- Lévinas on death and hope.

Author : Diane Perpich
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780804759427

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The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas by Diane Perpich Pdf

This work offers a new interpretation of what Levinas means when he says that we are infinitely responsible to the other person.

Author : Emmanuel Levinas
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0826490794

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Entre Nous by Emmanuel Levinas Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a leading philosopher and Talmudic commentator. This book is a major collection of essays representing the culmination of Levinas's philosophy. It gathers his important work and reveals the development of his thought. It looks at issues of suffering, love, religion, culture, justice, human rights, and legal theory.