
The Pre-Text of Ethics
On Derrida and Levinas
Diane Moira Duncan(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. April 2001
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-0-8204-5123-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Pre-Text of Ethics is a very readable introduction to both Derrida and Levinas, focusing on the latter's influence on deconstruction, especially on the meaning of justice and the notion of the gift. Without deconstructing the beauty of Levinas's vision, Diane Moira Duncan aims to show that Levinas's views on women contradict his general project, which aims to defend heteronamy against philosophical narcissism. This book represents an organic overview of the development of Levinas's thought and situates a critique of his phenomenology of the feminine face and philosophy of woman in this context. It makes a significant contribution to the question of the «ethics of deconstruction».
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-5123-7 (9780820451237)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Diane Moira Duncan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Duquesne University in 1998.