An-Archy and justice : an introduction to Emmanuel Levinas's political thought / William Paul Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, William Paul, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lévinas, Emmanuel--Political and social views.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Political and social views.

Physical Description:

xi, 143 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Anarchy and justice

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Intellectual Biography, Judaism, and the Possibility of a Levinasian Politics 1

1 Autonomy, Totality, and Anti-Humanism: Levinas's Critique of the Western Philosophical Tradition 19

2 Levinasian Ethics I: Totality and Infinity 35

3 Levinasian Ethics II: Otherwise than Being 47

4 Ethics and Politics: An-Archy and Justice 65

5 Why Tell this Long Story about the Face? Levinas and Liberal Political Thought 79

6 Levinas's Humanism of the Other as a Response to Modern and Postmodern Anti-Humanisms 97

7 Zionism, Place, and the Other: Toward a Levinasian International Relations 111

Conclusion: The Questioning of Levinas 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index.

ISBN:

0739107038

OCLC:

52197536