Vladimir Jankélévitch : The Time of Forgiveness / Aaron T. Looney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Looney, Aaron T., Author.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy.

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jankélévitch, Vladimir.

Forgiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Vladimir Jankélévitch: The Time of Forgiveness traces the reflections of the French philosopher and musicologist Vladimir Jankelevitch on the conditions and temporality of forgiveness in relation to creation, history, and memory. The author demonstrates the influence of Jewish and Christian thought on Jankelevitch’s philosophy and compares his ideas about the gift character of forgiveness, the role of retributive emotions in conceptions of justice, and the limits of reason with those of Aristotle, Butler, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Scheler, Arendt, Derrida, Levinas, and Ricoeur.The Shoah was the pivotal historical event in Jankelevitch’s life. As this book shows, Jankelevitch’s question “Is forgiveness possible as a response to evil?” remains a potent philosophical conundrum today. Paradoxically, for Jankelevitch, evil is both the impetus and the obstacle to forgiveness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: In the Margins

1 First Philosophy

2 Apophatic Approaches

3 The Temporality of Human Existence and Action

4 Translating Resentment

5 The Inexcusable and the Unforgivable

6 Love and Justice

7 Repentance

8 What Remains

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780823266654

0823266656

9780823262991

0823262995

9780823262977

0823262979

OCLC:

904741177