'I am here', Abraham said: Emmanuel Levinas and anthropological science
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
2024
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| In: | Jahr: 2024 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Methodology and History in Anthropology Series
v.47 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Lévinas, Emmanuel
B Philosophical Anthropology B Humanism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | No detailed description available for "'I am Here', Abraham Said". 'I Am Here', Abraham Said -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- PART I -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Cosmopolitan Anthropology -- PART II -- Chapter 2. At Home in the Integument of the Body -- Chapter 3. Being Inspired to Practice an Acultural Ethical Relationality -- Chapter 4. Tracing the Density of Human Being and Loving the Invisble, Silent Other -- Chapter 5. 'Jews belong to Eternity' -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. "One of the most significant philosophical voices of the twentieth century - the philosopher of 'the Other' - Emmanuel Levinas' work offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. Levinasian philosophy considers subjectivity and identity as 'secret'. For him an attempt to document humanity should then be placed in an ethics of ignorance and 'not-knowing' so that 'otherness' can be inspired. Anthropology thus reaches the Levinasian challenge of defining itself as a humanistic science as well as a humanistic documentation of social life. This book endeavours to take Levinasian and anthropological precepts equally seriously and offers tentative conclusions"-- |
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| Physische Details: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| ISBN: | 180539472X |