Overview
- Offers an interpretation of Levinas’ philosophy of religion from the perspective of kenosis
- Relates Levinas’ anthropology to his philosophy of religion
- Compares Levinas’ hermeneutics of the self with that of Heidegger and Rorty
- Discusses Levinas’ idea of the infinite by forging a dialogue with Derrida, Vattimo and Ricoeur
Part of the book series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy (ASJT, volume 13)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ethics, Religion, And Kenosis
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About this book
Man as a Place of God is an examination of Levinas’ philosophy of religion in the light of his ethics and anthropology. It provides a lively introduction to the main themes of Levinas’ thought and offers critical perspectives on Levinas by relating his work to that of Heidegger, Ricoeur, Rorty, Derrida and Vattimo.
The focus of interpretation is the hermeneutics of ‘kenosis’: the subject’s ability to be open towards the other to the point where man can be seen as a place of ‘God’, a place where the infinite attains to finite existence. Does this mean that the kenotic subject totally disappears from the arena of his own life, to reach out for a sublime existence that is no longer of ‘this world’ – as in the philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and certain mystical thinkers? This book will argue the reverse: the kenotic sublimity developed by Levinas is in keeping with ethics, and even with concrete acts of responsibility. Also, it refers to a certain idea of God, who comes into being in a ‘kenotic’ way: by giving himself in the ethical experience of man and woman, regardless of their culture and religious beliefs.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Man as a Place of God
Book Subtitle: Levinas' Hermeneutics of Kenosis
Authors: Renée D. N. van Riessen
Series Title: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6228-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6227-8Published: 08 August 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7575-8Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6228-5Published: 27 July 2007
Series ISSN: 2213-4077
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8772
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 217
Topics: Modern Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy, general, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Ethics