The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas

Morgan, Michael L., 1944-

The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas [electronic resource] / Michael L. Morgan. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - ix, 259 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Responding to atrocity in the twentieth century; 2. How to read Levinas: normativity and transcendental philosophy; 3. The ethical content of the face-to-face; 4. Philosophy, totality, and the everyday; 5. Subjectivity and the self: passivity and freedom; 6. God, philosophy, and the ground of the ethical; 7. Time, history, and messianism; 8. Greek and Hebrew; Conclusions, puzzles, problems; Annotated reading list and bibliography.

"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"--


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