| Levinas and the Political Contributor(s): Caygill, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415112494 ISBN-13: 9780415112499 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century and is best known for his work on ethics and theology. "Levinas and the Political" explores Levinas' early writings in the face of National Socialism through to his controversial political statements on Israeli and French politics. Howard Caygill also explores Levinas' engagement with his contemporaries Heidegger and Bataille, and his re-thinking of the political for an understanding of the significance of the Holocaust. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science |
| Dewey: 320 |
| LCCN: 2002021344 |
| Series: Thinking the Political |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.1" W x 9.34" (0.83 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Howard Caygill systematically explores for the first time the relationship between Levinas' thought and the political. From Levinas' early writings in the face of National Socialism to controversial political statements on Israeli and French politics, Caygill analyses themes such as the deconstruction of metaphysics, embodiment, the face and alterity. He also examines Levinas' engagement with his contemporaries Heidegger and Bataille, and the implications of his rethinking of the political for an understanding of the Holocaust. |