The Ethics of Time

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Through an erudite and wide knowledge of the philosophical and theological traditions and also through his insights, displayed throughout this book, into drama, music and film, Manoussakis has shown how time and ethics can inform the understanding of each other. This is a profound and challenging book in which the temporal constitution of the ethical is shown to be the ethical nature of time. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * This is an engaging, erudite, and frequently beautifully written book by an increasingly formidable voice in the contemporary continental philosophy of religion ... This is a book that deserves to be widely read by anyone working in and around the traditions and themes this book considers ... Manoussakis continues to ascend to the ranks of the very best scholars working in the contemporary continental philosophy of religion. * Reading Religion * There is an active wit in the book that is sharp and playful. * Phenomenological Reviews * John Manoussakis has displayed, in his former books, his specific qualification for bridging the alleged gap between eastern and western theologies. In The Ethics of Time he overcomes the opposition between change and eternity with a strong approach to the eschatological frame of time as a process to redemption. In a notable achievement, the book takes the recent developments in phenomenology and elevates them to serious theology. * Jean-Luc Marion, Professor of Philosophy, Universite Paris (Sorbonne), France and University of Chicago, USA * Elegant, original, erudite, Manoussakis's new book boldly engages the liaison dangereuse between time and the good. In a pioneering study ranging from Anaxagoras to Lacan, from Greek tragedy to contemporary cinema, the author explores the radical implications of the conjoining of ethics and a novel phenomenology of flesh. It is a timely and transformative work. * Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy, Boston College, USA * 'This remarkable book offers a "phenomenological ethics." Although its primary focus is on ethics and time, it ranges widely in a manner that is philosophically engaging and intriguingly structured. The reader is struck by Manoussakis's creative interplay with an impressive cast of interlocutors from theology, philosophy, literature, and film, ranging from Anaxagoras through Augustine to Pirandello and Lars von Trier. An admirable and original work from a genuine thinker. Warmly recommended. * William Desmond, Professor of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium and David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University, USA *