列维纳斯与政治

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1、Downloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at14:1709December2012LEVINASANDTHEPOLITICALEmmanuelLevinasisoneofthemostinfluentialphilosophersofthetwen-tiethcenturyandisbestknownforhisworkonethicsandtheology.Eventhoughhehasbeenveryinfluentialinliteratureandculturaltheory,thepoliticalimpl

2、icationsofhisworkhavesofarbeenneglected.Levinas&thePoliticalisthefirstbooktoexploresystematicallytherelationofLevinas’sthoughttothepolitical,andhowtheethicalresourcesheofferscanenrichourunderstandingofthepoliticalarena.Levinas&thePoliticalexploresthepoliticalfromLevinas’s

3、earlywrit-ingsinthefaceofNationalSocialismthroughtohiscontroversialpoliticalstatementsonIsraelandFrenchpolitics.Itanalysesthemessuchasthedeconstructionofmetaphysicsasareconfigurationofthepolitical,embod-iment,thefaceandalterity.HowardCaygillalsoexploresLevinas’sengagement

4、withtheheritageofHeideggerandBergson,andtheimplica-tionsofhisrethinkingofthepoliticalforanunderstandingofthesignificanceoftheHolocaust.Levinas&thePoliticalisessentialreadingforallstudentsofphilos-ophyandpoliticsandallthoseinterestedinLevinas.HowardCaygillisProfessorofCult

5、uralHistoryatGoldsmithsCollege,UniversityofLondon.Downloadedby[NanjingUniversity]at14:1709December2012THINKINGTHEPOLITICALGeneraleditors:KeithAnsellPearsonUniversityofWarwickSimonCritchleyUniversityofEssexRecentdecadeshaveseentheemergenceofadistinctandchallengingbodyofwor

6、kbyanumberofContinentalthinkersthathasfundamentallyalteredthewayinwhichphilosophicalquestionsareconceivedanddiscussed.Thisworkposesamajorchallengetoanyonewishingtodefinetheessentiallycontestableconceptof‘thepolitical’andtothinkanewthepoliticalimportandapplicationofphiloso

7、phy.Howdoesrecentthinkingontime,history,language,humanity,alterity,desire,sexuality,genderandcultureopenupthepossibilityofthinkingthepoliticalanew?Whataretheimplicationsofsuchthinkingforourunderstandingofandrelationtotheleadingideologiesofthemodernworld,suchasliberation,s

8、ocialismandMarxism?Whatarethepoliticalresponsibilitiesofphilosophyinthefaceofthenewworld(dis)ord