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Author Schroeder, Brian, 1959-

Title Altared ground : Levinas, history, and violence / Brian Schroeder
Published New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; ForeGround; 1 Background; 2 UnderGround; 3 HelioGround; 4 IdeoGround; 5 MiddleGround; 6 WarGround; 7 MystiGround; 8 TransGround; 9 DiaGround; 10 HyperGround; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Subjects; Index of Names
Summary One of the most pressing concerns for contemporary society is the issue of violence and the factors that promote it. In Altared Ground: Levinas, History and Violence Brian Schroeder stages an engagement between Emmanuel Levinas, one of the leading figures in 20th century Continental philosophy, and Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida and others in the history of ideas. Not merely an exposition of Levinas' original and complex thinking, Brian Schroeder seeks to re-read the history of Western philosophy and religion by going beyo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and indexes
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Subject Lévinas, Emmanuel
SUBJECT Lévinas, Emmanuel fast
Levinas, Emmanuel, (1906-1995) ram
Lévinas, Emmanuel. swd
Subject Philosophy.
Religion.
History -- Philosophy.
Violence.
Subjectivity.
Self (Philosophy)
Philosophy
Religion
Violence
philosophy.
religion (discipline)
violence.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
History -- Philosophy
Philosophy
Religion
Self (Philosophy)
Subjectivity
Violence
Geschichtsphilosophie
Gewalt
Philosophie
Geweld.
Zelf.
Philosophie.
Religion.
Histoire -- Philosophie.
Violence.
Moi (philosophie)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134718061
1134718063