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Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction

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Av David Wood

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Explores the ethical and political possibilities of philosophy after deconstruction.This original contribution to the ethical and political significance of philosophy addresses a number of major themes-identity, violence, the erotic, freedom, responsibility, religious belief, globalization-and critically engages with the work of Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and Levinas. It promotes a unique blend of deconstructive critique and a certain English skepticism, leading to the affirmation of a negative capability-a patience and vigilance in the face of both human folly and philosophy's own homegrown pathologies. The author argues for the extension of our sense of openness and responsibility to animal life, and indeed life in general, and not just to the human.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-05-26
Mått161 x 237 x 21 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Antal sidor248
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791464632

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: Towards a Negative Capability PART I: Philosophy and Violence 1. Identity and Violence 2. The Philosophy of Violence: The Violence of Philosophy 3. Where Levinas Went Wrong PART II: Singular Encounters 4. The First Kiss: Tales of Innocence and Experience 5. Thinking God in the Wake of Kierkegaard 6. Dionysus in America PART III: Ethics and Politics after Deconstruction 7. Notes toward a Deconstructive Phenomenology 8. Responsibility Reinscribed (and How) 9. What Is Ecophenomenology? 10. Globalization and Freedom POSTSCRIPT: Philosophy: The Antioxidant of Higher Education NOTES INDEX

"One of the finest writers in continental philosophy today, Wood is a master of analogies and examples that make us both laugh and think. We lovers of wisdom cannot ignore his insights into the nature of philosophy - the possible violence of philosophy and yet the singular salvation that philosophy offers. The work is thus one of hope, yet a sadder and wiser hope throughout." - H. Peter Steeves, editor of Animal Others: On Ethics, Ontology, and Animal Life"