The Origins of Responsibility - Couverture souple

Raffoul, François

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253221730 ISBN 13 : 9780253221735

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2010

Synopsis

François Raffoul approaches the concept of responsibility in a manner that is distinct from its traditional interpretation as accountability of the willful subject. Exploring responsibility in the works of Nietzsche, Sartre, Levinas, Heidegger, and Derrida, Raffoul identifies decisive moments in the development of the concept, retrieves its origins, and explores new reflections on it. For Raffoul, responsibility is less about a sovereign subject establishing a sphere of power and control than about exposure to an event that does not come from us and yet calls to us. These original and thoughtful investigations of the post-metaphysical senses of responsibility chart new directions for ethics in the continental tradition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

François Raffoul is Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University. He is author of Heidegger and the Subject and is translator (with Andrew Mitchell) of Martin Heidegger's Four Seminars (IUP, 2003).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253221730
• ISBN 13: 9780253221735
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 341
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• Personne responsable: non disponible