Ethics as first philosophy : the significance of Emmanuel Levinas for philosophy, literature and religion

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Ethics as first philosophy : the significance of Emmanuel Levinas for philosophy, literature and religion

edited by Adriaan T. Peperzak

Routledge, 1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780415911429

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This collection explores the significance of Levinas' texts for the study of philosophy, psychology and religion. This text presents Levinas' philosophy from a wide variety of perspectives. The contributions range from thematic discussions of Levinas' central concepts to explorations of his affinities and differences with other key writers such as Kant, Kierkegaard, Rosenzweig, Benjamin, Blanchot and Derrida. Some of the authors focus on the religious and philosophical issues presented by Levinas, while others analyze the role of Levinas within phenomenology or within recent French philosophy.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415911436

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In Ethics as First Philosophy, Adrian P. Peperzak brings together a wide range of essays by leading international scholars to discuss the work of the 20th century French philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas. The first book of its kind, this collection explores the significance of Levinas' texts for the study of philosophy, psychology and religion. Offering a complete account of the most recent research on Levinas, Ethics as First Philosophy is an extraordinary overview of the various approaches which have been adopted in interpreting the work of a revolutionary but difficult contemporary thinker.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Characterizations
  • Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and the Hebraic Tradition, Catherine Chalier
  • Chapter 2 Height and Nearness, Robert Gibbs
  • Chapter 3 A People's Witness beyond Politics, Charles E. Scott
  • Part 2 Ethics as First Philosophy
  • Chapter 4 Response and Responsibility in Levinas, Bernhard Waldenfels
  • Chapter 5 Reply to Bernhard Waldenfels, "Response and Responsibility in Levinas", Hugh Miller
  • Chapter 6 Levinas's Ethics, Patricia H. Werhane
  • Chapter 7 The Notion of Persecution in Levinas's Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence, Elisabeth Weber, Mark Saatjian
  • Chapter 8 "Only the Persecuted...", Robert Bernasconi
  • Chapter 9 The Riddle of the Pre-original, Fabio Ciaramelli
  • Chapter 10 On Resorting to an Ethical Language, Paul Davies
  • Part 3 Psychism
  • Chapter 11 Nonintentional Affectivity, Affective Intentionality, and the Ethical in Levinas's Philosophy, Andrew Tallon
  • Chapter 12 The Irresponsible Subject, William J. Richardson
  • Part 4 Art
  • Chapter 13 The Art in Ethics, Edith Wyschogrod
  • Part 5 Religion
  • Chapter 14 Levinas's Teleological Suspension of the Religious, Merold Westphal
  • Chapter 15 Theology and the Philosophy of Religion according to Levinas, Theo de Boer
  • Chapter 16 Tracing Responsibility in Levinas's Ethical Thought, Jill Robbins
  • Chapter 17 Transcendence, Adriaan T. Peperzak
  • Chapter 18 Response to Adriaan Peperzak on Transcendence, David Tracy
  • Chapter 19 Amen, John Llewelyn
  • Chapter 20 Adieu, a dieu, a-Dieu, Hent de Vries
  • Part 6 Levinas and Benjamin
  • Chapter 21 Fades Hippocratica, Rebecca Comay

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