In this Book
- Levinas and the Crisis of Humanism
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
Reexamining Emmanuel Levinas's essays on Jewish education, Claire Elise Katz provides new insights into the importance of education and its potential to transform a democratic society, for Levinas's larger philosophical project. Katz examines Levinas's "Crisis of Humanism," which motivated his effort to describe a new ethical subject. Taking into account his multiple influences on social science and the humanities, and his various identities as a Jewish thinker, philosopher, and educator, Katz delves deeply into Levinas's works to understand the grounding of this ethical subject.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xviii
- List of Abbreviations
- p. xix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- 1. The Limits of the Humanities
- pp. 18-39
- 2. Solitary Men
- pp. 40-57
- 3. The Crisis of Humanism
- pp. 58-79
- 4. Before Phenomenology
- pp. 80-103
- 5. The Promise of Jewish Education
- pp. 104-124
- 6. Teaching, Fecundity, Responsibility
- pp. 125-149
- 7. Humanism Found
- pp. 150-168
- Bibliography
- pp. 209-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253007674
Related ISBN(s)
9780253007629, 9780253007650
MARC Record
OCLC
822655695
Pages
246
Launched on MUSE
2013-02-13
Language
English
Open Access
No