Ethics as First Philosophy: The Signiificance of Emmanuel Levinas for Philosophy, Literature, and ReligionIn 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. |
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Contents
and the Hebraic Tradition | 3 |
Height and Nearness Jewish Dimensions | 13 |
A Peoples Witness beyond Politics | 25 |
Response and Responsibility in Levinas | 39 |
Reply to Bernhard Waldenfels Response and | 53 |
Levinass Ethics A Normative | 59 |
The Notion of Persecution in Levinass | 69 |
Only the Persecuted | 77 |
The Art in Ethics Aesthetics Objectivity | 137 |
Levinass Teleological Suspension of the Religious | 151 |
Theology and the Philosophy of Religion | 161 |
Tracing Responsibility in Levinass Ethical Thought | 173 |
Transcendence | 185 |
Response to Adriaan Peperzak on Transcendence | 193 |
Amen | 199 |
Adieu a dieu aDieu | 211 |
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| Title | Ethics as First Philosophy: The Signiificance of Emmanuel Levinas for Philosophy, Literature, and Religion Ethics as First Philosophy: The Signiificance of Emmanuel Levinas for Philosophy, Literature, and Religion, Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak |
| Editor | Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0415911435, 9780415911436 |
| Length | 251 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern |
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