Ethics, Exegesis and Philosophy: Interpretation After Levinas

by Richard A. Cohen

Book Overview

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-96) is now widely regarded as a major European moral philosopher profoundly shaped by his Jewish background. A pupil of Husserl and Heidegger, Levinas pioneered new forms of Biblical interpretation. Richard A. Cohen's book expands on Levinas' work to explore broader questions of interpretation in ethical thinking. Levinas' views of philosophy are considered in critical contrast to alternative contemporary approaches, such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521801583
• ISBN13: 9780521801584
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"