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Levinas´s Ethical Politics

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Description for Levinas´s Ethical Politics Paperback. Series: The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.

Emmanuel Levinas conceives of our lives as fundamentally interpersonal and ethical, claiming that our responsibilities to one another should shape all of our actions. While many scholars believe that Levinas failed to develop a robust view of political ethics, Michael L. Morgan argues against understandings of Levinas's thought that find him politically wanting or even antipolitical. Morgan examines Levinas's ethical critique of the political as well as his Jewish writings—including those on Zionism and the founding of the Jewish state—which are controversial reflections of Levinas's political expression. Unlike others who dismiss Levinas as irrelevant or anarchical, Morgan is the first ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253021106
SKU
V9780253021106
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About Michael L. Morgan
Michael L. Morgan is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington and Senator Jerahmiel S. and Carole S. Grafstein Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. He is author of Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought, Interim Judaism, and editor (with Steven Weitzman) of Rethinking the Messianic Idea in Judaism (all published ... Read more

Reviews for Levinas´s Ethical Politics
Simply put, this is the best book on Levinas and political philosophy that is available in English. . . This book is essential reading not only for Levinas scholars, but for all political philosophers. Highly Recommended. not yet published
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