Wittgenstein and Levinas - Ethical and Religious Thought

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1、WittgensteinandLevinasLudwigWittgensteinandEmmanuelLevinasaretwoofthemostin?u-entialandchallengingthinkersofthetwentiethcentury.Despitethis,theirwritingsareseenascomingfromopposedphilosophicalcampsandasaresultlittleworkhasbeendonecomparingthetwophilosophers.Thisbookex

2、ploresthehithertoneglectedaf?nitiesandtensionsbetweentheirphilosophies,andtheoftenantagonisticintellectualtraditionseachrepresents.Thetwocompetingphilosophicalaccountsoftheethicalarejuxta-posedinordertoallowthereadertodeepentheirunderstandingofonebymeansoftheother.The

3、twosystemsofthoughtarebroughttobearoneachotherintheareasoffaith,guiltandvulnerability,conceptscentraltothediscussionofethics,andindoingsoasurprisingamountofcommon-alityishighlighted.Thecentralfocusofthebookisthecomplex,yetmutuallyilluminating,interplayofanumberofethic

4、al-religiousthemesinbothWittgenstein’smaturethinkingonreligiousbeliefandsuffering,andLevinas’sdistinctiveaccountofethicalresponsibility.ThisuniquebookdemonstrateshowacriticalengagementwithWittgensteinandLevinasfacilitatesarethinkingofsomeofthemostpressingreligious,eth

5、icalandpoliticalproblemsfacingthetwenty-?rstcentury.Assuch,thebookwillbeofusetopostgraduatestudentsofContinentalandAnalyticphilosophy,aswellasthoseinterestedincontemporarytheology.BobPlantcompletedhisPh.D.inPhilosophyandFrenchattheUniversityofAberdeenin2001.Hehaspubli

6、shedwidelyonphilosophersfromboth‘Analytic’and‘Continental’traditions,mostrecentlyinPhilosophyandLiterature,PhilosophicalInvestigations,PhilosophyandSocialCriticism,Inter-nationalJournalforPhilosophyofReligion,ModernTheology,JournalofScottishPhilosophyandJournalofRelig

7、iousEthics.Routledgestudiesintwentieth-centuryphilosophy1TheStoryofAnalyticPhilosophyPlotandheroesEditedbyAnatBiletzkiandAnatMatar2DonaldDavidsonTruth,meaningandknowledgeEditedbyUrszulaM.Zeglén3PhilosophyandOrdinaryLanguageThebentandgeniusofourtongueOswaldHan?ing4TheS

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