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God and the other : ethics and politics after the theological turn

Title
God and the other : ethics and politics after the theological turn / J. Aaron Simmons.
Author
Simmons, J. Aaron, 1977-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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Description
xii, 376 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Uniform Title
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
Subjects
Note
  • Partly a collection of essays published elsewhere between 2006 and 2010.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-364) and index.
Contents
The problem : Richard Rorty's critique of Emmanuel Levinas, or, Why continental ethics and philosophy of religion face political challenges -- Hearing divine commands and responding to the call of the other : a reading of Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling -- Bi-directional relationality : Levinasian readings of the Akedah and the (dynamic) ethical in Kierkegaard -- An ontology of constitutive responsibility : Kierkegaardian "transparency" and Levinasian "exposure" -- Levinasian subjectivity and political critique -- Mapping twists and "turns" : an introduction to the current debate and suggestions for moving forward -- Reconstructive separatism : on phenomenology and theology -- Is continental philosophy just Catholicism for atheists? : critique and kenosis -- The religious : maintaining the paradox : Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard on postmodern Christianity -- The political : politics as an ethico-religious task : reconsidering religion in the public square -- The epistemological : between trust and hope : justification in a deconstructive democracy -- The ethical : expansive relationality : Levinas, community, and climate change -- The ethico-political : following postmodern exemplars.
Call Number
JFE 12-1747
ISBN
  • 9780253355928 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253355923 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253222848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253222842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010034440
OCLC
YBP 2010034440
Author
Simmons, J. Aaron, 1977-
Title
God and the other : ethics and politics after the theological turn / J. Aaron Simmons.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Series
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-364) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-1747
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