| Description |
ix, 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index |
| Subject |
Lévinas, Emmanuel.
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Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2010033893 |
| ISBN |
9780521141062 (paperback) |
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9780521193023 |
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