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De-facing the other : reason, ethics, & politics after difference /

In an often overlooked passage, Emmanuel Levinas states that we must de-face humans, sternly reducing each ones uniqueness to his individuality in the unity of the genus, and let universality rule. How can Levinas, the great thinker of infinite alterity and the face of the other, make such a provoca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Minister, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, [2012]
Series:Marquette studies in philosophy ; #77.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Nihilism and contemporary philosophy
  • The source of meaning: a Levinasian interpretation
  • Responsibility in context
  • Renewed faith in reason
  • Moral obligations andthe good life
  • Toward social justice.