'I am Here', Abraham Said

Emmanuel Levinas and Anthropological Science

von Nigel Rapport

208 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

One of the most significant philosophical voices of the twentieth century - the philosopher of 'the Other' - Emmanuel Levinas' work offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. Levinasian philosophy considers subjectivity and identity as 'secret'. For him an attempt to document humanity should then be placed in an ethics of ignorance and 'not-knowing' so that 'otherness' can be inspired. Anthropology thus reaches the Levinasian challenge of defining itself as a humanistic science as well as a humanistic documentation of social life. This book endeavours to take Levinasian and anthropological precepts equally seriously and offers tentative conclusions.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781805394709
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2024
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books