The Good of Recognition: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Religion in the Thought of Levinas and Ricoeur

The Good of Recognition analyzes the polysemy of recognition operative in the thought of two contemporary French thinkers, Emmanuel Lévinas (1906-1995) and Paul Ricœur (1913-2005). Author Michael Sohn shows that recognition—a concept most often associated with Hegel's works—appears prominently throughout the works of Lévinas and Ricœur, which exist at the intersection of phenomenology, ethics, politics, and religion. Sohn situates recognition in the sociopolitical context of Lévinas and Ric...