Levinas's Ethical Politics

by Michael L. Morgan and Michael L Morgan

Book Overview

Emmanuel Levinas conceives of our lives as fundamentally interpersonal and ethical, claiming that our responsibilities to one another should shape all of our actions. While many scholars believe that Levinas failed to develop a robust view of political ethics, Michael L. Morgan argues against understandings of Levinas's thought that find him politically wanting or even antipolitical. Morgan examines Levinas's ethical critique of the political as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253021103
• ISBN13: 9780253021106
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"