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Levinas' 'Totality and Infinity': A Reader's Guide: Reader's Guides

Autor Dr William Large
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iul 2015
Emmanuel Levinas' Totality and Infinity is a monumental work of phenomenological enquiry that goes on to assert the centrality of ethics to philosophical thought. This Reader's Guide provides a detailed explanation of the work, breaking down the occasionally intimidating but always inspirational content of Totality and Infinity for non-specialist readers, unpacking the complexities of Levinas' thought with clarity and rigour. Ideal for students coming to Levinas for the first time, the book offers essential guidance, outlining key themes, approaches to reading the text, the reception, and influence of the work, and recommends secondary reading materials.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472529954
ISBN-10: 1472529952
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Reader's Guides

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The first close reading of Totality and Infinity designed for first-time readers and undergraduate students

Notă biografică

William Large is a Reader in Philosophy at University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is the author of Ethics and the Ambiguity of Writing: Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot (2005), Maurice Blanchot [co-authored] (2001) and Heidegger's Being and Time (2007)

Cuprins

Table ofContents1.Themes and Content2.Reading the Text3.Reception and Influence4.Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Admirable ... [and] accessible ... [Large's book] considers many of the obvious questions a new reader is likely to have.
When he first encountered the difficult work of Emmanuel Levinas, this reviewer threw one of Levinas's books against the wall in exasperation. Had Large's book been available, the experience would have been different. Levinas's style, his methodology, his vocabulary, and his argument can seem strange. In introducing readers to Levinas's most influential text, first published in French in 1961, Large (Univ. of Gloucestershire, UK) begins by working through the basics of phenomenological methodology and Levinas's relation to Jewish philosophy as the assumed contexts in which Totality and Infinity occurs. After this framing, the author moves carefully through the work, offering specific analysis and interpretation of each section in turn. He concludes with a look at several problems that seem to plague Totality and Infinity-presentation, politics, the feminine, and religion. Large's account is fair and his style is accessible. His book will be an invaluable resource for students who are tempted to throw Totality and Infinity against the wall. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.
Large's contribution is valuable in making accessible this fundamental text for the understanding of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas ... He eloquently guides the reader through the intricacies of Totality and Infinity ... A necessity in the library of all those studying Levinas.
Students faced with the daunting task of reading Totality and Infinity have long awaited a lively and accessible commentary-and this is it. Large straightens out the warp and weft of Levinas's text with admirable brevity, clarity, and faithfulness. Large's guide deserves to be read by students and anyone with a serious interest in reading Levinas's most important philosophical work for the first time.
I can think of no better guide through the "thicket of difficulties" that is Levinas' Totality and Infinity than Will Large's book. This is a book that is engagingly written and straightforward, whilst also remaining alive to the nuance and complexity of Levinas' notoriously difficult text. Those embarking upon Levinas for the first time will find this book an invaluable introduction to the intrigue and fascination of Levinas' work. Meanwhile, those who are more familiar with Levinas' work may find that this refreshing and stimulating book opens up new questions for them, and helps them forge new pathways for the exploration of Levinas' ethics of responsibility.
This reader's guide is a lucid, accessible way into an extremely difficult book, which offers the reader not only solid footing within Levinas's thinking but also occasional bridges into further philosophical discussions. Readers will appreciate patient explanation of his terminology, clear summaries of notoriously dense passages, and frequent reminders that many of Levinas's questions have also been the questions of other major thinkers, such Plato, Kant, Rosenzweig, and Heidegger.