Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other

Eric S. Nelson

Published by SUNY Press 2020

Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other

Eric S. Nelson

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438480251

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About this book

A provocative examination of the consequences of Levinas’s and Adorno’s thought for contemporary ethics and political philosophy.

Author / Editor information

Eric S. Nelson is Professor of Philosophy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the coeditor (with John E. Drabinski) of Between Levinas and Heidegger, also published by SUNY Press, and the author of Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought.

Reviews

"…Levinas, Adorno and the Ethics of the Material Other is a dense text that deserves more than a single close reading. Compelling arguments and insights are found from beginning to end on a very wide range of topics related to the work of Levinas and Adorno." — ID: International Dialogue

"The worth of a book is a measure not only of what it says but also of the questions it raises for the reader to ponder. Nelson's work is one such book of important questions, a must-read for scholars and students of twentieth-century European philosophy and political theory in general." — Comparative Political Theory

"…Nelson has written an excellent work that offers novel and insightful points in environmental ethics, continental philosophy of religion and political philosophy. Scholars in these fields would find the work highly commendable because of its sensitivity to the nuances and tensions in Adorno and Levinas's philosophies, as well as to the core philosophical issues that underpin contemporary conditions." — Human Studies

"Eric S. Nelson's most recent work is timely, provocative and substantively novel, arguing for a connection between Levinas and Adorno that is seldom made … Nelson has produced a highly commendable, superb guide and introduction to continental political philosophy of history in a new key." — Symposium

"This is an extremely impressive, original, and thorough treatment of two key twentieth-century thinkers and their applicability to the most pressing social and political issues of our time." — Jeffrey A. Bernstein, author of Leo Strauss on the Borders of Judaism, Philosophy, and History

"This book is an excellent and timely contribution to political and environmental philosophy, located around a nuanced historical and philosophical approach to Levinas and Adorno. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with these figures or with the current moment." — Martin Shuster, author of Autonomy after Auschwitz: Adorno, German Idealism, and Modernity

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction On the Way to an Ethics of Material Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
After Nature
Toward a Critical Ecological Model of Natural History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Natural History, Nonidentity, and Ecological Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Communicative Interaction or Natural History? Aesthetics, Ethics, and Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
The Trouble with Life Life-Philosophy, Antinaturalism, and Transcendence in Levinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
An Ethics of Nature at the End of Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Unsettling Religion
Religion, Suffering, and Damaged Life Nietzsche, Marx, and Adorno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
The Disturbance of the Ethical Kierkegaard, Levinas, and Abraham’s Binding of Isaac Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Ethics between Religiosity and Secularity Kierkegaard and Levinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Prophetic Time, Materiality, and Dignity Bloch and Levinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Ethical Imperfectionism and the Sovereignty of Good Levinas, Løgstrup, and Murdoch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Demanding Justice
Equality, Justice, and Asymmetrical Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
The Pathologies of Freedom and the Promise of Autonomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
The Limits of Liberalism Cosmopolitanism, Tolerance, and Asymmetrical Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Recognition, Nonidentity, and the Contradictions of Liberalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Epilogue Nourishing Life, Unrestricted Solidarity, and the Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 480
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Philosophy : Ethics; Philosophy : Philosophy; Cultural Studies : Identity; Philosophy : Continental Philosophy; Philosophy : Phenomenology

eBook

Published: December 1, 2020
ISBN: 9781438480251