Emmanuel Levinas and the politics of non-violence /

Emmanuel Levinas and the politics of non-violence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tahmasebi-Birgani, Victoria, 1961- author.
Imprint:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Lévinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation. Lévinas, Emmanuel. Nonviolence -- Political aspects. Nonviolence -- Moral and ethical aspects. Nonviolence -- Philosophy. Nonviolence -- Moral and ethical aspects. Nonviolence -- Philosophy. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219161

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ISBN:	9781442694989 144269498X 9781442642843 144264284X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In this book, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani provides the first examination of the applicability of Emmanuel Levinas' work to social and political movements.
Other form:	Print version: Tahmasebi-Birgani, Victoria, 1961- Emmanuel Levinas and the politics of non-violence 9781442642843

Table of Contents:

Ethical Subject and Political Praxis: A Theoretical Background
1 Levinas' Ethicopolitics: Beyond the Western Liberal Tradition
2 Radical Passivity, the Face, and the Social Demand for Justice
3 Substituting Praxis and Political Liberation
4 Levinas and Gandhi: Liberatory Praxis as Fear for the Other.