Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 217 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 353 g
Levinas' Hermeneutics of Kenosis
Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 217 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 353 g
Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy
ISBN: 978-90-481-7575-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
is an examination of Levinas’ philosophy of religion in the light of his ethics and anthropology. It provides a lively introduction to the main themes of Levinas’ thought and offers critical perspectives on Levinas by relating his work to that of Heidegger, Ricoeur, Rorty, Derrida and Vattimo.
The focus of interpretation is the hermeneutics of ‘kenosis’: the subject’s ability to be open towards the other to the point where man can be seen as a place of ‘God’, a place where the infinite attains to finite existence. Does this mean that the kenotic subject totally disappears from the arena of his own life, to reach out for a sublime existence that is no longer of ‘this world’ – as in the philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and certain mystical thinkers? This book will argue the reverse: the kenotic sublimity developed by Levinas is in keeping with ethics, and even with concrete acts of responsibility. Also, it refers to a certain idea of God, who comes into being in a ‘kenotic’ way: by giving himself in the ethical experience of man and woman, regardless of their culture and religious beliefs.
Zielgruppe
Research
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Explorations In Hermeneutics.- Time, Finiteness and Infinity: The Real Theme of Levinas' Conversation with Heidegger.- Interpreting Ourselves and Caring for Others: Levinas and Rorty.- The Other of the Other: Levinas and Derrida on Generosity and Transcendence.- Ethics, Religion, And Kenosis.- Evil, Transcendence, and God.- From Religion to Ethics: The Disruption of the Infinite.- Hermeneutics of Kenosis: The Road of Dispossession.
