Phenomenological Reflections on Violence - A Skeptical Approach

These six essays are guided by a skeptical philosophical attitude about the meaning of violence that refuses to conform to the exigencies of essence and the stable patterns of lived experience. They are readings as much as they are reflections; interpretations as much as they are attempts to push concepts of violence to their limits.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Concepts of Violence
2. Violence and Nonviolence
3. Violence and Religion (On Levinas)
4. The Metaphysical Root of Violence: On Schelling's Treatise on the Essence of Human Freedom
5. Total War: The Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars
6. The War Writings of Max Scheler and Edmund Husserl
Postscriptum

About the author

James Dodd is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research, USA. He is the author of Violence and Phenomenology (Routledge 2009).

Summary

These six essays are guided by a skeptical philosophical attitude about the meaning of violence that refuses to conform to the exigencies of essence and the stable patterns of lived experience. They are readings as much as they are reflections; interpretations as much as they are attempts to push concepts of violence to their limits.

Product details

• Authors: James Dodd, James (New School for Social Research Dodd
• Assisted by: Robert Bernasconi (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367372330
• ISBN: 978-0-367-37233-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works