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Plato and Levinas - Couverture rigide

Staehler, Tanja

 
9780415991803: Plato and Levinas
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0415991803 ISBN 13 : 9780415991803
Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Like Plato, Emmanuel Levinas believed that ethics was the most fundamental philosophical discipline. Levinas's approach to ethics begins in the encounter with the other as the most basic experience of responsibility. He acknowledges the necessity to move beyond this initial, dyadic encounter, but has problems extending his approach to a larger dimension, such as community. To shed light on this dilemma, Tanja Staehler examines broader dimensions which are linked to the political realm, and the problems they pose for ethics. Staehler demonstrates that both Plato and Levinas come to identify three realms as ambiguous: the erotic, the artistic, and the political. Staehler argues that these ambiguous dimensions can contribute to revealing the Other's vulnerability without diminishing the fundamental role of unambiguous ethical responsibility.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Tanja Staehler is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sussex.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415991803
ISBN 13 
9780415991803
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
Routledge
https://www.routledge-ny.com/

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