Sensibility and Singularity: The Problem of Phenomenology in Levinas - Couverture souple

Drabinski, John E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791448983 ISBN 13 : 9780791448984

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2001

Synopsis

Establishes the importance of Husserl's phenomenology for Levinas's ethics.

Is Emmanuel Levinas a dismissive critic of Husserlian phenomenology, or an important member of its movement? The standard account of Levinas's work assumes his distance from Husserl. In opposition to this account, Sensibility and Singularity contends that Husserl was a vital, living resource for Levinas throughout his philosophical career. The singularity of the Other is the centerpiece of Levinas's thought. The philosophical significance of this singularity, however, cannot be fully appreciated without attending to Levinas's transformation of the Husserlian themes of time, materiality, intentionality, and sense. This book documents those transformations and establishes their centrality to Levinas's notion of ethics. What emerges from this reading is a thorough account of Levinas's constant and productive debate with the Husserlian tradition of phenomenology.

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À propos de l'auteur

John E. Drabinski is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University, Michigan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791448983
• ISBN 13: 9780791448984
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 267
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