Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence

Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence

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Publisher Description

French philosopher and Talmudic commentator Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995) has received considerable attention for his influence on philosophical and religious thought. In this book, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani provides the first examination of the applicability of Emmanuel Levinas’ work to social and political movements. Investigating his ethics of responsibility and his critique of the Western liberal imagination, Tahmasebi-Birgani advances the moral, political, and philosophical debates on the radical implications of Levinas’ work.

Emmanuel Levinas and the Politics of Non-Violence is the first book to closely consider the affinity between Levinas’ ethical vision and Mohandas Gandhi’s radical yet non-violent political struggle. Situating Levinas’ insights within a transnational, transcontinental, and global framework, Tahmasebi-Birgani highlights Levinas’ continued relevance in an age in which violence is so often resorted to in the name of “justice” and “freedom.”

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2014
24 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
216
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
SIZE
7
MB