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Discovering Levinas
Emmanuel Levinas is well known to students of twentieth-century continental philosophy, especially French philosophy. But he is largely unknown within the circles of Anglo- American philosophy. 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: Dec 15th, 2008
- Pages: 528
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 1.40in - 1.60lb
- EAN: 9780521759687
- Categories: • History & Surveys - Modern
About the Author
Morgan, Michael L.: - Michael L. Morgan has been a professor at Indiana University for 31 years and, in 2004, was named a Chancellor's Professor. He has published articles in a variety of journals, edited several collections, and authored four books, most recently Interim Judaism (2001). He is the coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to Modern Jewish Philosophy.
Praise for this book
"Michael Morgan's Discovering Levinas offers a fresh and distinctive approach to the task of introducting Levinas to the dominant philosophical audience in the United States. Although there is a growing awareness of Levinas among mainstream philosophers, there is very little available to them that offers an introduction. Discovering Levinas fills this gap. It is a first rate book." -Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis
"This book fills a clear need and will be welcomed by anyone who takes Levinas seriously. I have no doubt it will leave its mark on the field and change the way that Levinas is discussed." -Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University
"This clear, fascinating, and outstandingly learned study is remarkable for, among other things, bringing Levinas into fruitful conversation with notable Anglo-American philosophers. Morgan continually compares what Levinas has to say on a wide range of philosophical topics with the views of, e.g., Donald Davidson, John McDowell, Christine Korsgaard, Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam, and Charles Taylor. The result is an exemplary model of how to write across the so-called analytic/continental divide. It is obvious that Morgan has thought both hard and originally about how to teach Levinas, about how to introduce a figure whose writings are apt to come across as impenetrable. The result is stunning--a work of impressive depth and wonderful accessibility." --David Finkelstein, University of Chicago