Plant Wittgenstein and Levinas

Ethical and Religious Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-134-27038-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy

Wittgenstein and Levinas examines the oft-neglected relationship between the philosophies of two of the most important and notoriously difficult thinkers of the twentieth century. By bringing the work of each philosopher to bear upon the other, Plant navigates between the antagonistic intellectual traditions that they helped to share. The central focus on the book is the complex yet illuminating interplay between a number of ethical-religious themes in both Wittgenstein's mature thinking and Levinas's distinctive account of ethical responsibility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plant, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Wittgenstein and Levinas

1. Peaceful Thoughts: Philosophy as Therapy in Pyrrhonism and Wittgenstein

2. Trusting in a World-Picture: Knowledge, Faith and Ethics after On Creativity

3. Pluralism, Justice and Vulnerability: Politicizing Wittgenstein

Interlude: On Preferring Peace to War

4. Wretchedness without Recompense: Wittgenstein on Religion, Ethics and Guilt

5. Trespassing: Guilt and Sacrifice in Heidegger, Levinas and Ordinary Life

6. The Unreasonableness of Ethics: Levinas and the Limits of Responsibility

7. Contaminations: Levinas, Wittgenstein and Derrida