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ISBN 10: 1438430973 ISBN 13: 9781438430973
Editorial: State University of New York Press, 2010

Sinopsis

Levinas ahead of his time―and himself―on politics, postcolonialism and globalization, animals and the environment, and science and technology.

Radicalizing Levinas initiates a third wave of Levinas scholarship. If the first wave was aimed at commentary and exposition, and the second focused on situating Levinas with the context of poststructuralism and deconstruction, the third wave is an explicit attempt to situate and explore his work in the context of current social and political problems. A short list of these are: civil war in Iraq, ethnic cleansing in Sudan, ongoing fighting between Palestinians and Israelis, and suicide bombings. Alongside these evils we hear of school shootings, global warming, widespread famine, immeasurable animal suffering, environmental decay, and increasing social and personal disorganization. How can a Levinasian ethics help us make sense of this? Levinas scholars respond and help move from theory to practice by addressing such topics as global justice, feminism, environmentalism, animal liberation, postcolonialism, radical democracy, technology and cybernetics, and psychotherapy. This book is for anyone seeking to understand better how philosophy can inform contemporary life.

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Radicalizing Levinas initiates a third wave of Levinas scholarship. If the first wave was aimed at commentary and exposition, and the second focused on situating Levinas within the context of poststructuralism and deconstruction, the third wave is an explicit attempt to situate and explore his work in the context of current social and political problems. A short list of these are: war in the Middle East, colonialism, widespread famine, immeasurable animal suffering, environmental decay, school shootings, and increasing social and personal disorganization. How can a Levinasian ethics help us make sense of this? Levinas scholars respond and help move from theory to practice by addressing such topics as global justice, feminism, environmentalism, animal liberation, postcolonialism, radical democracy, technology and cybernetics, and psychotherapy. This book is for anyone seeking to understand better how philosophy can inform contemporary life.

"An impressive collection of essays from an outstanding group of authors."---Howard Caygill, author of Levinas and the Political

Biografía del autor

Peter Atterton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University.
Matthew Calarco is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Califormia State University, Fullerton. Together they have coauthored On Levinas and coedited Animal Philosophy: Ethics and identity; The Continental Ethics Reader; and (with Maurice Friedman) Levinas and Buber: Dialogue and Difference.

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Editorial
State University of New York Press
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1438430973
ISBN 13 
9781438430973
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
231
Editor
Atterton Peter, Calarco Matthew
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