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Emmanuel Levinas : The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics / Edith Wyschogrod.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780823219506
  • 9780823295425
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 194
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations of Works by Levinas -- I. Early Themes -- II. Husserl and the Problem of Ontology -- III. From Self to Same -- IV. The Foundation of Ethical Metaphysics -- V. Beyond Temporality -- VI. What Is Language? -- VII. Philosophy and the Covenant -- VIII. Conclusions -- Key to Special Terminology -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: Edith Wyschogrod presents the first full-length study in English of the important contemporary French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It is a revision of the author’s earlier study and includes discussions of his recent writings as well as current scholarship. Dr. Wyschogrod’s extensive discussion of Levinas's relation to Judaism, especially his use of literature from the Torah and other religious writings, will be of interest to religious scholars. The author compares Levinas’s thought with that of his contemporaries, most notably Jacques Derrida and Husserl.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations of Works by Levinas -- I. Early Themes -- II. Husserl and the Problem of Ontology -- III. From Self to Same -- IV. The Foundation of Ethical Metaphysics -- V. Beyond Temporality -- VI. What Is Language? -- VII. Philosophy and the Covenant -- VIII. Conclusions -- Key to Special Terminology -- Works Cited -- Index

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Edith Wyschogrod presents the first full-length study in English of the important contemporary French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It is a revision of the author’s earlier study and includes discussions of his recent writings as well as current scholarship. Dr. Wyschogrod’s extensive discussion of Levinas's relation to Judaism, especially his use of literature from the Torah and other religious writings, will be of interest to religious scholars. The author compares Levinas’s thought with that of his contemporaries, most notably Jacques Derrida and Husserl.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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