Out of Control
Confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas
1st Edition
Published on 9. May 2016
370 pages
978-1-4384-6111-3 (ISBN)
Description
Explores the fundamental confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas in ethics, politics, science, and religion.
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English
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Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
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Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
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978-1-4384-6111-3 (9781438461113)
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Richard A. Cohen is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Jewish Thought at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His books include Ricoeur as Another: The Ethics of Subjectivity (coedited with James L. Marsh) and Face to Face with Levinas, both also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Levinas, Spinozism, Nietzsche, and the Body
2. Prophetic Speech in Levinas and Spinoza (and Maimonides)
3. Levinas and Spinoza: To Love God for Nothing
4. Levinas and Spinoza: Justice and the State
5. Spinoza's Prince: For Whom Is the Theological-Political Treatise Written?
6. Levinas on Spinoza's Misunderstanding of Judaism
7. Thinking Least about Death: Mortality and Morality in Spinoza, Heidegger, and Levinas
8. Spinoza's Spleen: "Babies, Fools, and Madmen"
Works Cited
Index
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Levinas, Spinozism, Nietzsche, and the Body
2. Prophetic Speech in Levinas and Spinoza (and Maimonides)
3. Levinas and Spinoza: To Love God for Nothing
4. Levinas and Spinoza: Justice and the State
5. Spinoza's Prince: For Whom Is the Theological-Political Treatise Written?
6. Levinas on Spinoza's Misunderstanding of Judaism
7. Thinking Least about Death: Mortality and Morality in Spinoza, Heidegger, and Levinas
8. Spinoza's Spleen: "Babies, Fools, and Madmen"
Works Cited
Index
