The Cambridge Companion to Levinas
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Levinas PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Critchley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002-07-25 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780521665650 |
A convenient and accessible guide to Levinas, first published in 2002, which emphasises the interdisciplinary significance of his work.
The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas
Title | The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas PDF eBook |
Author | Michael L. Morgan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2011-03-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 113949807X |
This book provides a clear and helpful overview of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, one of the most significant and interesting philosophers of the late twentieth century. Michael L. Morgan presents an overall interpretation of Levinas' central principle that human existence is fundamentally ethical and that its ethical character is grounded in our face-to-face relationships. He explores the religious, cultural and political implications of this insight for modern Western culture and how it relates to our conception of selfhood and what it is to be a person, our understanding of the ground of moral values, our experience of time and the meaning of history, and our experience of religious concepts and discourse. Includes an annotated list of recommended readings and a selected bibliography of books by and about Levinas. An excellent introduction to Levinas for readers unfamiliar with his work and even for those without a background in philosophy.
Discovering Levinas
Title | Discovering Levinas PDF eBook |
Author | Michael L. Morgan |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 2007-05-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1139464736 |
In Discovering Levinas, Michael L. Morgan shows how this thinker faces in novel and provocative ways central philosophical problems of twentieth-century philosophy and religious thought. He tackles this task by placing Levinas in conversation with philosophers such as Donald Davidson, Stanley Cavell, John McDowell, Onora O'Neill, Charles Taylor, and Cora Diamond. He also seeks to understand Levinas within philosophical, religious, and political developments in the history of twentieth-century intellectual culture. Morgan demystifies Levinas by examining his unfamiliar and surprising vocabulary, interpreting texts with an eye to clarity, and arguing that Levinas can be understood as a philosopher of the everyday. Morgan also shows that Levinas's ethics is not morally and politically irrelevant nor is it excessively narrow and demanding in unacceptable ways. Neither glib dismissal nor fawning acceptance, this book provides a sympathetic reading that can form a foundation for a responsible critique.
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Kepnes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2020-12-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1108244157 |
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and also about the relation of God to humans and the world. Parts I and II cover exciting new research in Jewish biblical and rabbinic theology, medieval philosophy, Kabbalah (mysticism), and liturgy. Parts III and IV turn to modern theology with an exploration of works by leading figures, such as Rabbi Abraham I. Kook, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the relation of theology to issues such as feminism and the Holocaust, and the relation of Judaism to other world religions. In Part V, the book explores how the insights of analytic philosophy have been integrated with Jewish theology.
To the Other
Title | To the Other PDF eBook |
Author | Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak |
Publisher | Purdue University Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9781557530240 |
"The best introduction available for students of one of the most important philosophers of this century."--"American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly." (Philosophy)
The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Connor |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2004-07-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521648400 |
The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The Companion examines the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant impact on contemporary cultural production and thinking. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, architecture, religion and modern cultural studies. The volume also includes a useful guide to further reading and a chronology. This is an essential aid for students and teachers from a range of disciplines interested in postmodernism in all its incarnations. Accessible and comprehensive, this Companion addresses the many issues surrounding this elusive, enigmatic and often controversial topic.
The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature
Title | The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2007-05-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1139827421 |
This volume introduces students of rabbinic literature to the range of historical and interpretative questions surrounding the rabbinic texts of late antiquity. The editors, themselves well-known interpreters of Rabbinic literature, have gathered an international collection of scholars to support students' initial steps in confronting the enormous and complex rabbinic corpus. Unlike other introductions to Rabbinic writings, the present volume includes approaches shaped by anthropology, gender studies, oral-traditional studies, classics, and folklore studies.