02711oam 2200649I 450 991045153550332120200520144314.01-134-83143-91-280-10869-X0-203-99457-410.4324/9780203994573 (CKB)1000000000251462(EBL)237270(OCoLC)252955159(SSID)ssj0000301676(PQKBManifestationID)12042530(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301676(PQKBWorkID)10263564(PQKB)10437939(SSID)ssj0000191655(PQKBManifestationID)11171266(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191655(PQKBWorkID)10204442(PQKB)11449041(MiAaPQ)EBC237270(Au-PeEL)EBL237270(CaPaEBR)ebr10096495(CaONFJC)MIL10869(EXLCZ)99100000000025146220180331d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLevinas and the political /Howard CaygillLondon ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (229 p.)Thinking the politicalDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-11249-4 0-415-11248-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Presentiments of National Socialism; 2 The Post War Political; 3 Between War and Peace the Burdens of Totality and Infinity; 4 Prophetic Politics or Otherwise than Freedom; 5 Israel in Universal and Holy History; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHoward Caygill systematically explores for the first time the relationship between Levinas' thought and the political. From Levinas' early writings in the face of National Socialism to controversial political statements on Israeli and French politics, Caygill analyses themes such as the deconstruction of metaphysics, embodiment, the face and alterity.He also examines Levinas' engagement with his contemporaries Heidegger and Bataille, and the implications of his rethinking of the political for an understanding of the Holocaust.Thinking the political.Political scienceElectronic books.Political science.320Caygill Howard.947981FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910451535503321Levinas and the political2142724UNINA