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Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy for philosophical examination-passion. This book shows how Lingis's thought has not only endured over so many productive decades but how it remains vital and even continues to grow.
List of contents
Introduction
Section I: PASSION IN PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 1 Alphonso Lingis
Aconcagua
Chapter 2 Tom Sparrow
Existence in Excess
Chapter 3 Graham Harman
Symbiotic Passion in Lingis
Chapter 4 Wolfgang W. Fuchs
Love and Lust after
Levinas and Lingis
Chapter 5 John Murungi
On Alphonso Lingis's Eightieth
Birthday-A Philosophical Journey:
From Nowhere to Nowhere
Section II: COLLABORATIONS: LINGIS AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION
Chapter 6 Alexander E. Hooke
Collaborations
Chapter 7 Richard I. Sugarman
The Importance of Alphonso
Lingis in Introducing Levinas to
America
Chapter 8 Randolph C. Wheeler
Alterity after Infinity: Interview
with Alphonso Lingis (2015)
Chapter 9 Emily Anne Parker
Resisting Individuality
Chapter 10 Randolph C. Wheeler
Imperative Innovations
Chapter 11 Anne Freire Ashbaugh
Amor Fati: The Tragic Passion
About the author
Edited by Randolph Wheeler - Contributions by Randolph Wheeler; Anne Ashbaugh; Wolfgang W. Fuchs; Graham Harman; Alexander E. Hooke; Alphonso Lingis; John Murungi; Emily Anne Parker; Tom Sparrow and Richard I. Sugarman
Summary
Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy for philosophical examination—passion. This book shows how Lingis’s thought has not only endured over so many productive decades but how it remains vital and even continues to grow.
