书名: Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy: Interpretation after Levinas
作者: Richard A. Cohen (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 2, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521801583
ISBN-13: 978-0521801584
Book Description
The reputation and influence of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-96) have grown powerfully in recent years. Well known in France in his lifetime, he has since his death become widely regarded as a major European moral philosopher profoundly shaped by his Jewish background. A pupil of Husserl and Heidegger, Levinas pioneered new forms of exegesis with his postmodern readings of the Talmud, and as an ethicist brought together religious and non-religious, Jewish and non-Jewish traditions of contemporary thought. Richard A. Cohen has written a book which uses Levinas' work as its base but goes on to explore broader questions of interpretation in the context of text-based ethical thinking. Levinas' reorientation of philosophy is considered in critical contrast to alternative contemporary approaches such as those found in modern science, psychology, Nietzsche, Freud, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida and Ricoeur. Cohen explores a manner of philosophizing which he terms 'ethical exegesis'.
Review
"Cohen's book thoughtfully weaves together discussions of phenomenology, science, literature, and philosophy." -- Religious Studies Review
"...Cohen's overall defense of Levinas is very appealing, as he provides penetrating and thought-provoking insights into the current discussion of Levinasian ethics." -- The Journal of Religion
"Joyfully readable.... With the ease and facility open only to a mature and confident Levinas scholar, Cohen offers here a text...at the top of a short list of books on Levinas that make the thought of the philosopher accessible to (advanced) undergraduates, while still opening new vistas of thought for the specialist.... [A] straightforward statement of Levinas's profound philosophical revolution, and a book from which much can be learned." -- Philosophy in Review
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作者: Richard A. Cohen (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 2, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521801583
ISBN-13: 978-0521801584
Book Description
The reputation and influence of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-96) have grown powerfully in recent years. Well known in France in his lifetime, he has since his death become widely regarded as a major European moral philosopher profoundly shaped by his Jewish background. A pupil of Husserl and Heidegger, Levinas pioneered new forms of exegesis with his postmodern readings of the Talmud, and as an ethicist brought together religious and non-religious, Jewish and non-Jewish traditions of contemporary thought. Richard A. Cohen has written a book which uses Levinas' work as its base but goes on to explore broader questions of interpretation in the context of text-based ethical thinking. Levinas' reorientation of philosophy is considered in critical contrast to alternative contemporary approaches such as those found in modern science, psychology, Nietzsche, Freud, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida and Ricoeur. Cohen explores a manner of philosophizing which he terms 'ethical exegesis'.
Review
"Cohen's book thoughtfully weaves together discussions of phenomenology, science, literature, and philosophy." -- Religious Studies Review
"...Cohen's overall defense of Levinas is very appealing, as he provides penetrating and thought-provoking insights into the current discussion of Levinasian ethics." -- The Journal of Religion
"Joyfully readable.... With the ease and facility open only to a mature and confident Levinas scholar, Cohen offers here a text...at the top of a short list of books on Levinas that make the thought of the philosopher accessible to (advanced) undergraduates, while still opening new vistas of thought for the specialist.... [A] straightforward statement of Levinas's profound philosophical revolution, and a book from which much can be learned." -- Philosophy in Review
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