Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Levinas' Hermeneutics of Kenosis
Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6227-8
Verlag: Springer Us
The focus of interpretation is the hermeneutics of ‘kenosis’: the subject’s ability to be open towards the other to the point where man can be seen as a place of ‘God’, a place where the infinite attains to finite existence. Does this mean that the kenotic subject totally disappears from the arena of his own life, to reach out for a sublime existence that is no longer of ‘this world’ – as in the philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and certain mystical thinkers? This book will argue the reverse: the kenotic sublimity developed by Levinas is in keeping with ethics, and even with concrete acts of responsibility. Also, it refers to a certain idea of God, who comes into being in a ‘kenotic’ way: by giving himself in the ethical experience of man and woman, regardless of their culture and religious beliefs.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
Weitere Infos & Material
Explorations In Hermeneutics.- Time, Finiteness and Infinity: The Real Theme of Levinas' Conversation with Heidegger.- Interpreting Ourselves and Caring for Others: Levinas and Rorty.- The Other of the Other: Levinas and Derrida on Generosity and Transcendence.- Ethics, Religion, And Kenosis.- Evil, Transcendence, and God.- From Religion to Ethics: The Disruption of the Infinite.- Hermeneutics of Kenosis: The Road of Dispossession.