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Levinas and the Ancients
Schroeder
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Description for Levinas and the Ancients
Paperback. Addresses the relationship between Emmanuel Levinas and the world of ancient thought. This book explores philosophy, and themes touching on religion, mythology, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, ethics, and politics. Editor(s): Schroeder, Brian; Benso, Silvia. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCF; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
The relation between the Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions is "the great problem" of Western philosophy, according to Emmanuel Levinas. In this book Brian Schroeder, Silvia Benso, and an international group of philosophers address the relationship between Levinas and the world of ancient thought. In addition to philosophy, themes touching on religion, mythology, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, ethics, and politics are also explored. The volume as a whole provides a unified and extended discussion of how an engagement between Levinas and thinkers from the ancient tradition works to enrich understandings of both. This book opens new pathways in ancient and modern philosophical studies as it illuminates new interpretations of Levinas' ethics and his social and political philosophy.
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
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About Schroeder
Brian Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of Altared Ground: Levinas, History, and Violence. Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Philosophy. She is the author of The Face of Things: A Different Side of Ethics.
Reviews for Levinas and the Ancients
"Thanks to the initiative of Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder, the authors of this volume not only explore the easily forgotten dimension of Levinas' debt to some early sources of European philosophy, but also focus on the manners in which he has used these sources, to show their relevance for us."—Adriaan Peperzak, from the foreword