Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence / / Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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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