Vladimir Jankélévitch : : The Time of Forgiveness / / Aaron T. Looney.
Vladimir Jankélévitch: The Time of Forgiveness traces the reflections of the French philosopher and musicologist Vladimir Jankelevitch on the conditions and temporality of forgiveness in relation to creation, history, and memory. The author demonstrates the influence of Jewish and Christian thought...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: In the Margins -- 1 First Philosophy -- 2 Apophatic Approaches -- 3 The Temporality of Human Existence and Action -- 4 Translating Resentment -- 5 The Inexcusable and the Unforgivable -- 6 Love and Justice -- 7 Repentance -- 8 What Remains -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Vladimir Jankélévitch: The Time of Forgiveness traces the reflections of the French philosopher and musicologist Vladimir Jankelevitch on the conditions and temporality of forgiveness in relation to creation, history, and memory. The author demonstrates the influence of Jewish and Christian thought on Jankelevitch's philosophy and compares his ideas about the gift character of forgiveness, the role of retributive emotions in conceptions of justice, and the limits of reason with those of Aristotle, Butler, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Scheler, Arendt, Derrida, Levinas, and Ricoeur.The Shoah was the pivotal historical event in Jankelevitch's life. As this book shows, Jankelevitch's question "Is forgiveness possible as a response to evil?" remains a potent philosophical conundrum today. Paradoxically, for Jankelevitch, evil is both the impetus and the obstacle to forgiveness. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780823262984 9783110729030 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780823262984?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Aaron T. Looney. |