The ethics of Emmanuel Levinas /Diane Perpich.

Name/Title

The ethics of Emmanuel Levinas /Diane Perpich.

Description

Introduction : but is it ethics? -- Alterity : the problem of transcendence -- Singularity : the unrepresentable face -- Responsibility : the infinity of the demand -- Ethics : normativity and norms -- Scarce resources? : Levinas, animals, and the environment -- Failures of recognition and the recognition of failure : Levinas and identity politics. xvi, 230 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Perpich, Diane.

Place Published

City

Stanford, Calif.

Date Published

2008

Publication Subjects

Responsibility. Other (Philosophy) L{acute}evinas, Emmanuel--Ethics.

Call No.

B2430 .L484 P465 2008

ISBN

9780804759427 (cloth : alk. paper), 0804759421 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780804759434 (pbk. : alk. paper), 080475943X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007051703

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index.