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Emmanuel Levinas - God, Death and Time - 9780804736657 - V9780804736657
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God, Death and Time

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Description for God, Death and Time Hardback. This book consists of transcripts from two lecture courses on ethical relation Levinas delivered at the Sorbonne. In seeking to explain his thought to students, he utilizes a clarity and an intensity altogether different from his other writings. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.

This book consists of transcripts from two lecture courses Levinas delivered in 1975-76, his last year at the Sorbonne. They cover some of the most pervasive themes of his thought and were written at a time when he had just published his most important—and difficult—book, Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence. Both courses pursue issues related to the question at the heart of Levinas's thought: ethical relation. The Foreword and Afterword place the lectures in the context of his work as a whole, rounding out this unique picture of Levinas the thinker and the teacher.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804736657
SKU
V9780804736657
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Reviews for God, Death and Time
"Whether or not one agrees with Levinas's unique reading and criticism of Western philosophy and theology, this book must be appreciated for its radical approach to ethics and theology. It deserves careful engagement by all Christian theologians and ehticists whose common intellectual background is the very target of Levinas's criticism."—Theological Studies "This book serves as a supplement to Levinas's other ... Read more

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