Difficult Justice : : Commentaries on Levinas and Politics / / ed. by Asher Horowitz, Gad Horowitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Keith,; Bell, Shannon,; Bernasconi, Robert,; Chandler, Mielle,; Chanter, Tina,; Diamantides, Marinos,; Diprose, Rosalyn,; Dussel, Enrique,; Eisenstadt, Oona,; Gibbs, Robert,; Horowitz, Asher,; Horowitz, Gad,; Levinas, Emmanuel,; Levy, Ze'Ev,; Rosen, Joseph,; Schroeder, Brian,; Tahmasebi, Victoria,
• HerausgeberIn: Horowitz, Asher,; Horowitz, Gad,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

French philosopher and Talmudic commentator Emmanuel Levinas (1906?1995) is best known for his two major, highly original works on ethics, Totality and Infinity (1961) and Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence (1974). Among his lesser known works is a short but remarkable essay published in 1934, ?Refections on the Philosophy of Hitlerism,? in which he considers German conservatism and the Nazi movement, and reflects on Western philosophy?s capacity to insure itself against ?elemental evil.? Difficult Justice uses this essay as an introduction to a collection of papers on Levinas?s ethical and political thought.In this volume editors Asher and Gad Horowitz bring together contributors from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to explore how Levinas?s work relates to a broad range of contemporary philosophical and political questions. In particular, they examine Levinas?s challenge to liberalism ?to find another kinship for man ? absolutely opposed to oppression,? and his movement beyond liberalism to embrace ?the claim of the Other.? This thought-provoking collection will not only be invaluable to Levinas scholars, it will also be of interest to those working in the areas of Jewish studies, women?s studies, and political theory. Contributors:Keith AndersonShannon BellRobert BernasconiMielle ChandlerTina ChanterMarinos DiamantidesRosalyn DiproseEnrique DusselOona EisenstadtRobert GibbsAsher HorowitzGad HorowitzZe?ev LevyJoseph RosenBrian SchroederVictoria Tahmasebi

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Reflections on the Philosophy of Hitlerism -- Is Liberalism All We Need? Prelude via Fascism -- Essays -- Beyond Rational Peace: On the Possibility/Necessity of a Levinasian Hyperpolitics -- Hands That Give and Hands That Take: The Politics of the Feminine in Levinas -- Levinas in the Key of the Political -- 'The Politics' by Levinas: Towards a 'Critical' Political Philosophy -- Hemorrhage and Filiality: Towards a Fecundation of the Political -- Levinas and Alterity Politics -- Public Transgressions: Levinas and Arendt -- Can Fig Trees Grow on Mountains? Reversing the Question of Great Politics -- Levinas, Nietzsche, and Benjamin's 'Divine Violence' -- From Escape to Hostage -- The Ethics and Politics of the Handshake: Levinas, Merleau-Ponty, and Nancy -- Strangers and Slaves in the Land of Egypt: Levinas and the Politics of Otherness -- Levinas's Reflections on State, Revolution, and Utopia from a Jewish Perspective -- Levinas, the Messianic, and the Question of History -- From a Memory beyond Memory to a State beyond the State -- Aporia and Messiah in Derrida and Levinas