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The Cambridge introduction to Emmanuel Levinas / Michael L. Morgan.

Author/creator Morgan, Michael L., 1944-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Descriptionix, 259 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- Responding to atrocity in the twentieth century -- How to read Levinas: normativity and transcendental philosophy -- The ethical content of the face-to-face -- Philosophy, totality, and the everyday -- Subjectivity and the self: passivity and freedom -- God, philosophy, and the ground of the ethical -- Time, history, and messianism -- Greek and Hebrew: religion, ethics and Judaism -- Conclusions, puzzles, problems.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index.
LCCN 2010033893
ISBN9780521193023
ISBN0521193028
ISBN9780521141062 (pbk.)
ISBN0521141060 (pbk.)

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