On the advantages and disadvantages of ethics and politics
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On the advantages and disadvantages of ethics and politics
（Studies in Continental thought）
Indiana University Press, c1996
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Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780253210760
Description
". . . remarkable account of the impact of postmodern philosophy on the question of ethics and politics . . . commendable also for its balanced view of Heidegger's relationship to politics and ethics. . . . an excellent account of Heidegger's philosophical understanding of technology . . ." -Choice
This book takes as its point of departure the question of ethics: that values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies. At issue are the dangers in the structures and movements of images, values, and ways of knowing that are most intimately a part of our lives.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Selected Works Cited
Introduction: Crossing the Ethical by "the" Nonethical
1. Nonbelonging/Authenticity
2. Language in a Passing Sense of Transcendence
3. Ethics in a Passing Sense of Transcendence
4. A (Non-) Passing Sense of Tragedy
5. Thinking Noninterpretively
6. The Ascetic Ideal: Nietzsche contra Heidegger
7. Transition: "What Is Paris Doing to US?"
8. Self-Fragmentation: The Danger to Ethics
9. "Not to Be Trapped by Abuse...": Genealogy and a Child's Pain
10. Responsibility and Danger
11. A Peoples' Witness beyond Politics
12. Democratic Space
13. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Politics for Life
Notes
Index
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: hbk ISBN 9780253330734
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This book takes as its point of departure the question of ethics: the values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies. At issue are the dangers in the structures and movements of images, values, and ways of knowing that are most intimately a part of our lives. Charles E. Scott engages the thought of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Levinas. Nietzsche's and Foucault's genealogical approaches confront Heidegger's deconstructive thought and the religious thought of Levinas. In this encounter, a way of thinking emerges that makes evident the advantages of the nonethical and the nonpolitical for ethical and political life.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Selected Works Cited Introduction: Crossing the Ethical by OtheO Nonethical 1. Nonbelonging/Authenticity 2. Language in a Passing Sense of Transcendence 3. Ethics in a Passing Sense of Transcendence 4. A (Non-) Passing Sense of Tragedy 5. Thinking Noninterpretively 6. The Ascetic Ideal: Nietzsche contra Heidegger 7. Transition: OWhat Is Paris Doing to US?O 8. Self-Fragmentation: The Danger to Ethics 9. ONot to Be Trapped by Abuse...O: Genealogy and a ChildOs Pain 10. Responsibility and Danger 11. A PeoplesO Witness beyond Politics 12. Democratic Space 13. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Politics for Life Notes Index
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