Existence and Existents

Existence and Existents
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As Emmanuel Levinas states in the preface to Existence and Existents, â€œthis study is a preparatory one. It examines . . . the problem of the Good, time, and the relationship with the other [person] as a movement toward the Good.â€ First published in 1947, and written mostly during Levinas's imprisonment during World War II, this work provides the first sketch of his mature thought later developed fully in Totality and Infinity and Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence. This new edition marks the first time this important work has been made available in an inexpensive paperback edition. Levinas's project in Existence and Existents is to move from anonymous existence to the emergence of subjectivity; to subjectivity's practice, theory and morality; to its encounter with the alterity of the other person. He is concerned here primarily with the time of the solitary subject; time is the inner structure of subjectivity, of the movement of existing. â€œLevinas's work,â€ says Alphonso Lingis, â€œcontains not only wholly new analyses of the forms of time of the present, the past, the future but also a new conception of the work of time.â€ Beginning with Existence and Existents, then, it is possible to begin tracing the progressive â€œalterizationâ€ of time as it unfolds across the development of Levinas's entire philosophy. As a â€œpreparatoryâ€ study, Existence and Existents introduces the major themes and concerns that occupied Levinas throughout his career. This is essential reading for understanding both Levinas's own philosophy and the developments in philosophical thought in the twentieth century.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Duquesne Univ Pr
Manufacturer Duquesne
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780820703190
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Duquesne Univ Pr
Manufacturer	Duquesne
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780820703190
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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