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Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy: Interpretation after Levinas

By Richard A. Cohen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521801583, 9780521801584, 9780511041440
LCC
B2430.L484 C64 2001
Open Library ID
OL6787884M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2072901 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
371\371
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-96) is now widely regarded as a major European moral philosopher profoundly shaped by his Jewish background. A pupil of Husserl and Heidegger, Levinas pioneered new forms of Biblical interpretation. Richard A. Cohen's book expands on Levinas' work to explore broader questions of interpretation in ethical thinking. Levinas' views of philosophy are considered in critical contrast to alternative contemporary approaches, such as those found in modern science, psychology, Nietzsche, Freud, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Derrida. Cohen explores a manner of philosophizing that he terms "ethical exegesis."

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