Aspects of Alterity: Levinas, Marcel, and the Contemporary Debate
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"Every other is truly other, but no other is wholly other." This is the claim that Aspects of Alterity defends. Taking up the question of otherness that so fascinates contemporary continental philosophy, this book asks what it means for something or someone to be other than the self. Levinas and those influenced by him point out that the philosophical tradition of the West has generally favored the self at the expense of the other. Such a self-centered...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0823226840
ISBN13:9780823226849
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.6"
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