Lévinas, disinterest and enthusiasm
Lévinas revives the tradition of disinterest and redefines the classical search for a disinterested subject as a radical dis-interest of the subject by and for the other. He both redefines and reinhabits the traditional grounds of disinterest. While he rejects the sympathetic imagination as a synthe...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2003
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Literature and theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 407-421 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lévinas, Emmanuel 1906-1995
/ Desinterest
/ The Other
/ Idea of God
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism NCC Social ethics VA Philosophy |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Lévinas revives the tradition of disinterest and redefines the classical search for a disinterested subject as a radical dis-interest of the subject by and for the other. He both redefines and reinhabits the traditional grounds of disinterest. While he rejects the sympathetic imagination as a synthesis, he retains the link between disinterest and rationality. He repeats the classical opposition between disinterest and enthusiasm and, at the same time, gestures to a rational enthusiasm or inspiration. Lévinas's remarkable reworking of disinterest relies ultimately both on an idea of God and an ethical, rational and inspired Judaism. It is a dis-interest without good conscience: a harsh transcendence, an infinite responsibility without rest. |
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| ISSN: | 0269-1205 |
| Contains: | In: Literature and theology
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