Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics, Justice, and the Human Beyond Being

by Lis Thomas

Overview

This book explores Levinas's rethinking of the meaning of ethics, justice and the human from a position that affirms but goes beyond the anti-humanist philosophy of the twentieth century

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415971249
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/11/2004
Series:	Studies in Philosophy
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lis Thomas was a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Sydney from 2000 to 2002.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Subjects of Being 2. Hypostasis: Il y a/Existent 3. Enjoyment: Subject and World 4. The Ambiguous Economy of Dwelling 5. Eros, Ethics and the Social Totality 6. Ethics is Justice 7. Ethics, Ontology and Justice 8. Subjectivity and Tertiality: Il y a and Illeity