(P/B) LEVINAS AND THE ANCIENTS

Παρουσίαση

The relation between the Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions is "the great problem" of Western philosophy according to Emmanuel Levinas. In this book, Brian Schroeder, Silvia Benso, and an international group of philosophers address the relationship between Levinas and the world of ancient thought. In addition to philosophy, themes touching on religion, mythology, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, ethics, and politics are also explored. The volume as a whole provides a unified and extended discussion of how an engagement between Levinas and thinkers from the ancient tradition works to enrich understandings of both. This book opens new pathways in ancient and modern philosophical studies as it illuminates new interpretations of Levinas's ethics and his social and political philosophy. (from the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

FOREWORD BY ADRIAAN PEPERZAK
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS BY EMMANUEL LEVINAS
TO RETURN IN A NEW WAY: INTRODUCTION
Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder
1. THE BREATHING OF THE AIR: PRESOCRATIC ECHOES IN LEVINAS
Silvia Benso
2. THE ETERNAL AND THE NEW: SOCRATES AND LEVINAS ON DESIRE AND NEED
Deborah Achtenberg
3. LEVINAS QUESTIONING PLATO ON EROS AND MAIEUTICS
Francisco J. Gonzalez
4. GETTING UNDER THE SKIN: PLATONIC MYTHS IN LEVINAS
Tanja Stahler
5. LENDING ASSISTANCE ALWAYS TO ITSELF: LEVINA'S INFINITE CONVERSATION WITH PLATONIC DIALOGUE
Michael Naas
6. ETHICS AS FIRST PHILOSOPHY: ARISTOTELIAN REFLECTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE, SENSIBILITY, AND TRANSCENDENCE
Claudia Baracchi
7. ARISTOTLE AND LEVINAS ON WAR AND PEACE: THE ONE AGAINST THE OTHER
Catriona Hanley
8. STOIC ETHICS AND TOTALITH IN LIGHT OF LEVINASIAN ALTERITY
Julie Piering
9. OF A NON-SAYING THAT SAYS NOTHING: LEVINAS AND PYRRHONISM
Pierre Lamarche
10. THE TIME AND LANGUAGE OF MESSIANISM: LEVINAS AND SAINT PAUL
Bettina Bergo
11. PROXIMITY IN DISTANCE: LEVINAS AND PLOTINUS
John Izzi
12. A TRACE OF THE ETERNAL RETURN? LEVINAS AND NEOPLATONISM
Brian Schroeder
13. ETHICS AND PREDESTINATION IN AUGUSTINE AND LEVINAS
Thomas J. J. Altizer