Elevations - The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas

Summary

A series of closely related essays on the philosophical and theological work of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas. The author describes how they articulated a responsible humanism and a new enlightenment which placed moral obligation to the other above all other human concerns.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A. Cohen, Cohen Richard A.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.1994
• EAN: 9780226112749
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11274-9
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 595 g
• Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism; Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; RELIGION / Judaism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Judaism, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist philosophy, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion