La subversion éthique contre l'ordre moral: remarques sur la morale et la politique chez Levinas

Ethics presents itself to the modern subject as a responsibility confronted with history. In Levinas's philosophy of the "ethical subversion" one finds a radicalisation of this confrontation and a way to guard oneself against a conformist, hypocritical, and liberticidal moral order. W...

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Published in:Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses
Main Author: Hayat, Pierre 1956- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:French
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Published: Classiques Garnier 2006
In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses
Year: 2006, Volume: 86, Issue: 4, Pages: 507-514
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lévinas, Emmanuel 1906-1995 / Ethics
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Politics
B Lévinas, Emmanuel (1906-1995)
B Morals
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Summary:Ethics presents itself to the modern subject as a responsibility confronted with history. In Levinas's philosophy of the "ethical subversion" one finds a radicalisation of this confrontation and a way to guard oneself against a conformist, hypocritical, and liberticidal moral order. Without misjudging the order of reason and politics, the hyperbolic development of ethics as initiated by Levinas allows us to rethink the freedom of the subject and to rediscover the amazement from which philosophy originates.
ISSN:0035-2403
Contains:In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses