Levinas and Camus : humanism for the twenty-first century / Tal Sessler.

This important new book compares the respective o euvre of two seminal thinkers of the 20th century, Emmanuel Levinas and Albert Camus. Tal Sessler compares their lasting legacies within the specific context of intellectual resistance to totalitarianism and political violence, with particular focus...

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Main Author: Sessler, Tal, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.
Series:Continuum studies in continental philosophy.
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Summary:This important new book compares the respective o euvre of two seminal thinkers of the 20th century, Emmanuel Levinas and Albert Camus. Tal Sessler compares their lasting legacies within the specific context of intellectual resistance to totalitarianism and political violence, with particular focus on their respective approaches to the Holocaust and genocide in the 20th century and, correspondingly, the question of theodicy and religious faith. Levinas and Camus explores each thinker's congruent and complimentary metaphysical and political rationale in opposing tyranny. Sessler emphasises the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 114 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-111) and index.
ISBN:9781441195739
1441195734
1282452258
9781282452251
9781472547002
1472547004
9786612452253
6612452250
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
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