Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence / / Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Tahmasebi-Birgani, Victoria,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

French philosopher and Talmudic commentator Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995) has received considerable attention for his influence on philosophical and religious thought. In this book, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani provides the first examination of the applicability of Emmanuel Levinas’ work to social and political movements. Investigating his ethics of responsibility and his critique of the Western liberal imagination, Tahmasebi-Birgani advances the moral, political, and philosophical debates on the radical implications of Levinas’ work.Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence is the first book to closely consider the affinity between Levinas’ ethical vision and Mohandas Gandhi’s radical yet non-violent political struggle. Situating Levinas’ insights within a transnational, transcontinental, and global framework, Tahmasebi-Birgani highlights Levinas’ continued relevance in an age in which violence is so often resorted to in the name of “justice” and “freedom.”

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Levinas’ Ethicopolitics: Beyond the Western Liberal Tradition -- 2. Radical Passivity, the Face, and the Social Demand for Justice -- 3. Substituting Praxis and Political Liberation -- 4. Levinas and Gandhi: Liberatory Praxis as Fear for the Other -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index