Emmanuel Levinas : The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wyschogrod, Edith.

Series:

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Fordham University Press, 2000.

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.

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

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8232-9542-7

OCLC:

1309033112