Emmanuel Levinas by Edith Wyschogrod

Emmanuel Levinas by Edith Wyschogrod

Edith Wyschogrod presents the first full-length study in English of the important contemporary French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It is a revision of the author's earlier study and includes discussions of his recent writings as well as current scholarship. Dr. Wyschogrod's extensive discussion of Levinas's relation to Judaism, especially his use of literature from the Torah and other religious writings, will be of interest to religious scholars. The author compares Levinas's thought with that of his contemporaries, most notably Jacques Derrida and Husserl.

"Wyschogrod focuses upon the unique and innovative aspects of Levinas, [his] attempts to base metaphysics on ethics rather than the traditional subordination of ethical theories to preconceived metaphysics" -The Modern Schoolman

Edith Wyschogrod is J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought emerita at Rice University. The most recent of her books are An Ethics of Remembering: History, Heterology, and the Nameless Others; Saints and Postmodernism: Revisioning Moral Philosophy; and a second edition of Emmanuel Levinas: The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics (Fordham).

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ISBN 13	9780823219506
ISBN 10	082321950X
Title	Emmanuel Levinas
Author	Edith Wyschogrod
Series	Perspectives In Continental Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Year published	2000-01-01
Number of pages	260
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