Levinas and Kierkegaard in dialogue

Acknowledgments --List of abbreviations --Introduction --pt. 1.Revelation --1.Revelation as immediacy --2.Revelation as enigma and paradox --pt. 2.God --3.Teleological suspensions --4.Commanded love and divine transcendence --pt. 3.Heteronomy --5.The trauma of transcendence as heteronomous intersubj...

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Contributors: Westphal, Merold 1940- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press c2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Merold Westphal, Levinas and Kierkegaard in Dialogue (2009) (Nelson, Christopher A. P.)
Series/Journal:Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Further subjects:B Philosophy & Religion
B Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
B PHILOSOPHY ; History & Surveys ; Modern
B Kierkegaard, Sren 1813-1855
B Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855)
B Lévinas, Emmanuel
B History & Surveys / Modern
B Electronic books
B Kierkegaard, Søren
B Levinas, Emmanuel
B Philosophy
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Summary:Acknowledgments --List of abbreviations --Introduction --pt. 1.Revelation --1.Revelation as immediacy --2.Revelation as enigma and paradox --pt. 2.God --3.Teleological suspensions --4.Commanded love and divine transcendence --pt. 3.Heteronomy --5.The trauma of transcendence as heteronomous intersubjectivity --6.Transcendence, heteronomy, and the birth of the responsible self --pt. 4.Reversal --7.The "logic" of solidarity --8.Inverted intentionality : being addressed --Notes --Index.
Few philosophers have devoted more than passing attention to similarities between the thought of Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish Christian, and Emmanuel Levinas, a French Jew. Here, one of philosophy of religion's most distinctive voices offers a sustained comparison. Focusing on questions surrounding otherness, transcendence, postmodernity, and the nature of religious thought, Merold Westphal draws readers into a dialogue between the two thinkers
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:0253003148