Meaning and melancholy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas / / Stine Holte.
Although considered as one of the 20th century most central ethical thinkers, Emmanuel Levinas claimed that his task was not to construct an ethics, but to seek the meaning of the ethical. This claim is the point of departure of the present study, which asks how ethics could be regarded as meaningfu...
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| Superior document: | Research in Contemporary Religion ; Volume 18 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Research in contemporary religion ;
Volume 18. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Although considered as one of the 20th century most central ethical thinkers, Emmanuel Levinas claimed that his task was not to construct an ethics, but to seek the meaning of the ethical. This claim is the point of departure of the present study, which asks how ethics could be regarded as meaningful at all in light of the crisis of meaning that according to Levinas is inherent to being. Ethical meaning is for Levinas sought "otherwise than being or beyond essence" in terms of a radical responsibility for the Other. At the same time, it is questionable whether the ethical may be said to repres |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3666604528 3647604526 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Stine Holte. |