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Alterity and Transcendenceby Emmanuel Levinas , Michael B. SmithISBN 0231116519 (0-231-11651-9)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alterity and Transcendence'Book summary:Internationally renowned as one of the great French philosophers of the twentieth century, the late Emmanuel Levinas remains a pivotal figure across the humanistic disciplines for his insistence -- against the grain of Western philosophical tradition -- on the primacy of ethics in philosophical investigation. This first English translation of a series of twelve essays known as Alterity and Transcendence offers a unique glimpse of Levinas defining his own place in the history of philosophy. Published by a mature thinker between 1967 and 1989, these works exhibit a refreshingly accessible perspective that seasoned admirers and newcomers will appreciate.
In today's world, where religious conceptions of exalted higher powers are constantly called into question by theoretical investigation and by the powerful influence of science and technology on our understanding of the universe, has the notion of transcendence been stripped of its significance? In Levinas's incisive model, transcendence is indeed alive -- not in any notion of our relationship to a mysterious, sacred realm but in the idea of our worldly, subjective relationships to others.
Without presupposing an intimate knowledge of the history of philosophy, Levinas explores the ways in which Plotinus, Descartes, Husserl, and Heidegger have encountered the question of transcendence. In discourses on the concepts of totality and infinity, he locates his own thinking in the context of pre-Socratic philosophers, Aristotle, Leibniz, Spinoza, Kant, and Descartes. Always centering his discussions on the idea of interpersonal relations as the basis of transcendence, Levinas reflects on the rights of individuals (and how they are inextricably linked to those of others), the concept of peace, and the dialogic nature of philosophy. Finally, in interviews conducted by Christian Chabanis and Angelo Bianchi, Levinas responds to key questions not directly addressed in his writings. Throughout, Alterity and Transcendence reveals a commitment to ethics as first philosophy -- obliging modern thinkers to investigate not merely the true but the good.
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Alterity and Transcendenceby Michael B. Smith, Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0231116500 (0-231-11650-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alterity and Transcendence'Book summary:The English translation of 12 essays originally published in French as AltTritT et Transcendence . Written between 1967 and 1989, the essays cover a range of concerns within continental philosophy. Common to most of the articles are a concern with a transcendental ethics as the core of the philosop [via]
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Beyond the Verseby Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0485114305 (0-485-11430-5)
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Beyond the Verse: Talmudic Readings and Lecturesby Emmanuel Levinas , Gary D. MoleISBN 0253332885 (0-253-33288-5)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Difficult Freedom : Essays on Judaismby Emmanuel Levinas , Sean HandISBN 0485113791 (0-485-11379-1)
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Emmanuel Levinas: Basic Philosophical Writingsby Robert Bernasconi, Simon Critchley, Emmanuel Levinas , Adriaan Theodoor PeperzakISBN 0253210798 (0-253-21079-8)
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Entre Nous: On Thinking-Of-The-Otherby Emmanuel Levinas , Michael B. Smith, Barbara HarshavISBN 0231079117 (0-231-07911-7)
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Humanism of the Otherby Emmanuel Levinas , Richard A. Cohen, Nidra PollerISBN 0252073266 (0-252-07326-6)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Humanism of the Other'Book summary:In "Humanism of the Other", Emmanuel Levinas argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. In paperback for the first time, Levinas's work here is based in a new appreciation for ethics and takes new distances from phenomenology, idealism, and skepticism to rehabilitate humanism and restore its promises. Painfully aware of the long history of dehumanization that reached its apotheosis in Hitler and Nazism, Levinas does not underestimate the difficulty of reconciling oneself with another. The humanity of the human, Levinas argues, is not discoverable through mathematics, rational metaphysics, or introspection. Rather, it is found in the recognition that the other person comes first, that the suffering and mortality of others are the obligations and morality of the self. [via]
In the Time of the Nationsby Michael B. Smith, Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0253332958 (0-253-33295-8)
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Nine Talmudic Readingsby Emmanuel Levinas , Annette AronowiczISBN 0253208769 (0-253-20876-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nine Talmudic Readings'Book summary:"I know of no work that more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader." The Key Reporter
"The appearance in English of nine of Levinass essays on talmudic discourse, collected and beautifully translated by Aronowicz, is an important occasion.... These essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinass work more generally, [and] Aronowiczs excellent introduction and occasional notes are very helpful in making this work accessible to those unacquainted with either Talmud or Levinas." Religious Studies Review
Nine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. Between 1963 and 1975, Levinas delivered these commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in Paris. Here Levinas applies a hermeneutic that simultaneously allows the classic Jewish texts to shed light on contemporary problems and lets modern problems illuminate the texts. Besides being quintessential illustrations of the art of reading, the essays express the deeply ethical vision of the human condition that makes Levinas one of the most important thinkers of our time.
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Outside the Subjectby Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0485114127 (0-485-11412-7)
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Totality and Infinityby Emmanuel LevinasISBN 0391010042 (0-391-01004-2)
Softcover, Duquesne Univ Pr
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Unforeseen Historyby Emmanuel Levinas , Richard A. Cohen, Don Ihde, Nidra PollerISBN 025202883X (0-252-02883-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unforeseen History'Book summary:Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95) placed ethics at the foundation of philosophy; during his life, which spanned almost the entire twentieth century, he witnessed devastating events that could not have been more demanding of that philosophical stance. "Unforeseen History" covers the years 1929-92, providing a wide overview of Levinas's work - especially his views on aesthetics and Judaism - offering examples of his precise thinking at work in small essays, long essays, and interviews. The earliest essays in "Unforeseen History" discuss phenomenology, a subject Levinas introduced to a great many French thinkers, including Jean-Paul Sartre. In his prescient 1934 essay "Some Thoughts on the Philosophy of Hitlerism", moreover, he confronted a philosophy that had yet to manifest itself fully in cataclysm. [via]
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