Emmanuel Levinas

Entre Nous

Essays on Thinking-Of-The-Other
Übersetzer: Smith, Michael; Harshav, Barbara

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Produktbeschreibung

Exerting a profound influence upon such thinkers as Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot, and Irigaray, Levinas's work bridges several major gaps in the evolution of continental philosophy -- between modern and postmodern, phenomenology and poststructuralism, ethics and ontology. He is credited with having spurred a revitalized interest in ethics-based philosophy throughout Europe and America. "Entre Nous" (Between Us) is the culmination of Levinas's philosophy. Published in France a few years before his death, it gathers his most important work and reveals the development of his thought over nearly forty years of committed inquiry. Along with several trenchant interviews published here, these essays engage with issues of suffering, love, religion, culture, justice, human rights, and legal theory. Taken together, they constitute a key to Levinas's ideas on the ethical dimensions of otherness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Deg Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780231079112
• ISBN-10: 0231079117
• Artikelnr.: 21267203

Autorenporträt

Emmanuel Levinas was professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne and the director of the Ecole Normale Superieur Israélite Orientale until his death in 1995. He exerted a profound influence on twentieth century continental philosophy, providing inspiration for Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot, Irigary, and Finkielkraut, among others. Among his works translated into English are Proper Names, Ethics and Infinity, Time and the Other, and Otherwise than Being.

Inhaltsangabe

Is Ontology Fundamental?
The I and the Totality
Levy-Bruhl and Contemporary Philosophy
A Man-God?
A New Rationality: On Gabriel Marcel
Hermeneutics and the Beyond
Philosophy and Awakening
Useless Suffering
Philosophy, Justice, and Love
Nonintentional Consciousness
From the One to the Other: Transcendence and Time
The Rights of Man and Good Will
Diachrony and Representation
The Philosophical Determination of the Idea of Culture
Uniqueness
Totality and Infinity
Dialogue on Thinking-of-the-Other
"Dying for..."
The Idea of the Infinite in Us
The Other, Utopia, and Justice

Rezensionen

"The most definitive, accessible, and cogently argued statement of his philosophy that Levinas ever published. What makes Entre Nous so remarkable is that it summarizes and clarifies the central arguments of his long career." -- Choice