Aspects of Alterity: Levinas, Marcel, and the Contemporary Debate
Levinas Marcel & The Contemporary Debate
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hardcover. Taking up the question of otherness that so fascinates contemporary continental philosophy, this book asks what it means for something or someone to be other than the self. It uses the philosophies of Emmanuel Levinas and Gabriel Marcel to provide the point of embarkation for understanding the two positions on this question. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 29. Weight in Grams: 667.
"Every other is truly other, but no other is wholly other." This is the claim that Aspects of Alterity defends. Taking up the question of otherness that so fascinates contemporary continental philosophy, this book asks what it means for something or someone to be other than the self.
Levinas and those influenced by him point out that the philosophical tradition of the West has generally favored the self at the expense of the other. Such a self-centered perspective never encounters the other qua other, however. In response, postmodern thought insists on the absolute otherness of the other, epitomized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823226849
SKU
V9780823226849
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About Levinas Marcel & The Contemporary Debate
Brian Treanor is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of Aspects of Alterity (Fordham, 2006) and Emplotting Virtue (SUNY Press, 2014), and the coeditor of A Passion for the Possible (Fordham University Press, 2010), Interpreting Nature (Fordham University Press, 2013), and Being-in-Creation (Fordham University Press, 2015). Current projects include the ... Read more
Reviews for Aspects of Alterity: Levinas, Marcel, and the Contemporary Debate
"Contrasts the philosophical thought of Emmanuel Levinas and Gabriel Marcel in a study of what it means for something or someone to be other than the self." -The Chronicle of Higher Education "Treanor stages a dramatic joust between the ethical theories of Levinas and Marcel - the resulting adjudication is ingenious, timely and scrupulously just."
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