Ethics as first philosophy : the significance of Emmanuel Levinas for philosophy, literature, and religion / edited by Adriaan T. Peperzak.

Other author Peperzak, Adriaan Theodoor, 1929-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 1995.
Descriptionxiii, 251 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Lévinas, Emmanuel.
Lévinas, Emmanuel--Ethics.
Lévinas, Emmanuel--Ethics.

Contents Part 1. Characterizations -- The philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and the Hebraic tradition / Catherine Chalier -- Height and nearness : Jewish dimensions of radical ethics / Robert Gibbs -- A people's witness beyond politics / Charles E. Scott -- Part 2. Ethics as first philosophy -- Response and responsibility in Levinas / Bernhard Waldenfels -- Reply to Bernhard Waldenfels, "Response and responsibility in Levinas" / Hugh Miller -- Levinas's ethics : a normative perspective without metaethical constraints / Patricia H. Werhane -- The notion of persecution in Levinas's Otherwise than being or beyond essence / Elisabeth Weber -- "Only the persecuted ..." : language of the oppressor, language of the oppressed / Robert Bernasconi -- The riddle of the pre-original / Fabio Ciaramelli -- On resorting to an ethical language / Paul Davies -- Part 3. Psychism -- Nonintentional affectivity, affective intentionality, and the ethical in Levinas's philosophy / Andrew Tallon -- The irresponsible subject / William J. Richardson -- Part 4. Art -- The art in ethics : aesthetics, objectivity, and alterity in the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas / Edith Wyschogrod -- Part 5. Religion -- Levinas's teleological suspension of the religious / Merold Westphal -- Theology and the philosophy of religion according to Levinas / Theo de Boer -- Tracing responsibility in Levinas's ethical thought / Jill Robbins -- Transcendence / Adriaan T. Peperzak -- Response to Adriaan Peperzak on transcendence / David Tracy -- Amen / John Llewelyn -- Adieu, a dieu, a-Dieu / Hent de Vries -- Part 6. Levinas and Benjamin -- Facies Hippocratica / Rebecca Comay.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Ethics as first philosophy. New York : Routledge, 1995
Issued in other formOnline version: Ethics as first philosophy. New York : Routledge, 1995
LCCN 95008032
ISBN0415911427
ISBN9780415911429
ISBN0415911435 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415911436 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks B2430.L484 E78 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold