Radical passivity
Subtitle: rethinking ethical agency in Levinas
By: edited by Benda Hofmeyr.
Contributors: Hofmeyr, Benda.
Series: Library of ethics and applied philosophy -- 20
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781402093463
Subjects: Lévinas, Emmanuel; Ethics; Passivity (Psychology)
Description: "This multiperspectical volume brings together a host of renowned Levinas scholars in an attempt to critically reflect upon the ethical significance of radical passivity. Contributions cover the entire scope of this notion's evolution within Levinas's thought from its phenomenological roots to its culmination in what is often referred to as his confessional writings, the Talmudic Readings. In addition, this volume offers us a much needed critical revaluation of key issues in Levinas's thought which are, more often than not, uncritically assimilated or taken as matter of fact."--Jacket.