Emmanuel Levinas (Routledge Critical Thinkers) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sean Hand
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Pages: 138
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0415402751
Dewey Decimal Number: 194
EAN: 9780415402750
ASIN: 0415402751
Publication Date: October 24, 2008
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In this clear, accessible guide, Sean Hand sets Levinas’s work in its intellectual and social contexts and examines: - the influence of phenomenology and Judaism on Levinas’s thought
- key Levinasian concepts such as the ‘face’, the ‘other’, ethical consciousness and responsibility
- Levinas’s work on aesthetics
- the relationship of philosophy and religion in Levinas’s writings
- the interaction of Levinas’s work with historical discussions.
Concluding with an assessment of Levinas’s continuing influence in contemporary theory and a thorough guide to further reading, this volume is an invaluable first step for those new to his wide-ranging and sometimes difficult work.
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A Handy Introduction that Serves its Purpose November 14, 2008
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At first, Sean Hand's book appears to be quite amateurish, complete with textbook-style information boxes that tell the reader some basic information, such as who Plato and Aristotle were, and what words like "ontology" and "ethics" normally mean. It comes across as just another basic introduction to Levinas's philosophy.
Once you get past the amateurish look of the book, what you do find is a clear, clever, concise, and cogent account of Levinas's central ideas. This introduction to Levinas is particularly useful for a number of reasons. First, it considers Levinas's philosophical and Talmudic works and their interconnection. Second, Hand identifies the ethical significance of Levinas's understanding of art. Third, in the last chapter, Hand considers Levinas's place in contemporary philosophy by identifying a few "critical" thinkers who have offered interesting ways of approaching Levinas's philosophy: Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Marion, Tina Chanter, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Zizek. This book is a positive contribution to Levinas scholarship and serves as a handy guidebook that even Levinas's seasoned readers will enjoy and learn from.
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