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Alterity and Transcendence

Alterity and Transcendence

Emmanuel Levinas
4.1/5 ( ratings)
This first English translation of a series of twelve essays offers a unique glimpse of Levinas defining his own place in the history of philosophy. In today's world, where religious conceptions of exalted higher powers are constantly called into question by theoretical investigation and by the powerful influence of science and technology on our understanding of the universe, has the notion of transcendence been stripped of its significance? In Levinas's incisive model, transcendence is indeed alive — not in any notion of our relationship to a mysterious, sacred realm but in the idea of our worldly, subjective relationships to others.
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Release
May 10, 1999
ISBN
0231116519
ISBN 13
9780231116510

Alterity and Transcendence

Emmanuel Levinas
4.1/5 ( ratings)
This first English translation of a series of twelve essays offers a unique glimpse of Levinas defining his own place in the history of philosophy. In today's world, where religious conceptions of exalted higher powers are constantly called into question by theoretical investigation and by the powerful influence of science and technology on our understanding of the universe, has the notion of transcendence been stripped of its significance? In Levinas's incisive model, transcendence is indeed alive — not in any notion of our relationship to a mysterious, sacred realm but in the idea of our worldly, subjective relationships to others.
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Release
May 10, 1999
ISBN
0231116519
ISBN 13
9780231116510

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