Cohen Out of Control

Confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6111-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Thought

Explores the fundamental confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas in ethics, politics, science, and religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Richard A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

1. Levinas, Spinozism, Nietzsche, and the Body

2. Prophetic Speech in Levinas and Spinoza (and Maimonides)

3. Levinas and Spinoza: To Love God for Nothing

4. Levinas and Spinoza: Justice and the State

5. Spinoza’s Prince: For Whom Is the Theological-Political Treatise Written?

6. Levinas on Spinoza’s Misunderstanding of Judaism

7. Thinking Least about Death: Mortality and Morality in Spinoza, Heidegger, and Levinas

8. Spinoza’s Spleen: “Babies, Fools, and Madmen”

Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard A. Cohen is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Jewish Thought at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His books include Ricoeur as Another: The Ethics of Subjectivity (coedited with James L. Marsh) and Face to Face with Levinas, both also published by SUNY Press.