- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Stanford University Press; 1 edition (Aug 6 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 080475943X
- ISBN-13: 978-0804759434
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 381 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #329,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Well-written, urbane, conversant with the relevant secondary literature, even more conversant with Levinas's thought, Perpich's book treats the central topics and issues raised by Levinas's ethics with grace, intelligence, balance, penetration, and argumentative skill and is ever aware of his ethics' originality and importance." —Richard A. Cohen, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Too often, Levinas's thought is distanced from traditional ethical enterprises, especially from normative ethics. It is put into the service of directly normative ends such as a call for respect for women or disadvantaged social groups, or for new normative understandings of the relation of doctors to patients or teachers to students and the like. There is nothing wrong with using Levinas for normative purposes, but this demands that we be clear on what account of normativity can be found in his work. Perpich re-reads central ethical concepts in Levinas's thought (alterity, the face, and responsibility) in order to offer the first full account of his contribution to our understanding of normativity or the ways in which others' claims are binding on us. She then extends this interpretation into two vexed areas of Levinas scholarship: the possibility of developing an environmental ethics based on his work and the possibility of applying his ethics to the emancipatory projects of new left social movements.
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Clear, Accessible, and a Fine Contribution to Levinas Scholarship, Nov 14 2008
By Sheldon Hanlon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas (Paperback)
Diane Perpich's book is one of the clearest and most accessible books on Levinas's thought available. She maps out nicely the central questions in Levinas scholarship, and is clear about where she stands. The last three chapters of the book are especially important. There Perpich tackles the difficult questions concerning normativity, the possibility of animal and environmental ethics, and the relevance of Levinas's philosophy for contemporary identity theory. This book is highly recommended to anyone with a serious interest in Levinas's philosophy and the current state of Levinas scholarship.
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