The Art of Time: Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel

by Nina L. Molinaro

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question "what should I do?" has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipline of philosophy by arguing that "the ethical" is the foundational moment for human subjectivity, and that human subjectivity underlies all of Western philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684481279
• ISBN13: 9781684481279
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher