Nietzsche and Levinas: "After the Death of a Certain God" by Jill Stauffer (Engl

Description: Nietzsche and Levinas by Jill Stauffer, Bettina Bergo Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Jill Stauffer and Bettina Bergo locate multiple affinities between the philosophies of Nietzsche and Levinas, challenging the belief that the two thinkers held fundamentally antithetical views. Both Nietzsche and Levinas questioned the nature of subjectivity and the meaning of responsibility after the "death of God." While Nietzsche posed dilemmas of self and ethics at a time of cultural upheaval and technological change, Levinas wrestled with subjectivity and the possibility of ethics in the wake of the Shoah. Both philosophers argued that goodness exists independently of a naïve faith in reason-for Nietzsche, goodness was an act moving beyond reaction and resentment, whereas Levinas defined it as something enacted rather than theorized. In a world at once without God and haunted by multiple divinities, both philosophers rejected transcendental foundations for politics and worked toward an alternative vision encompassing a positive sense of creation, a complex fraternity or friendship, and rival notions of responsibility.The volumes three sections group arguments around the following debates, which are far from being settled: What is the reevaluation of ethics (and life) that Nietzsche and Levinas propose, and what does this mean for politics and sociality? What is a human subject-and what are substance, permanence, causality, and identity, whether social or ethical-in the wake of the demise of God as concept and belief? Finally, how can a "God" still inhabit philosophy, and what sort of name is this in the thought of Nietzsche and Levinas? Publisher Description The essays that Jill Stauffer and Bettina Bergo collect in this volume locate multiple affinities between the philosophies of Nietzsche and Levinas. Both philosophers question the nature of subjectivity and the meaning of responsibility after the "death of God." While Nietzsche poses the dilemmas of a self without a ground and of ethics at a time of cultural upheaval and demystification, Levinas wrestles with subjectivity and the sheer possibility of ethics after the Shoah. Both argue that goodness exists independently of calculative reason-for Nietzsche, goodness arises in a creative act moving beyond reaction and ressentiment; Levinas argues that goodness occurs in a spontaneous response to another person. In a world at once without God and haunted by multiple divinities, Nietzsche and Levinas reject transcendental foundations for politics and work toward an alternative vision encompassing a positive sense of creation, a complex fraternity or friendship, and rival notions of responsibility.Stauffer and Bergo group arguments around the following debates, which are far from settled: What is the reevaluation of ethics (and life) that Nietzsche and Levinas propose, and what does this imply for politics and sociality? What is a human subject-and what are substance, permanence, causality, and identity, whether social or ethical-in the wake of the demise of God as the highest being and the foundation of what is stable in existence? Finally, how can a "God" still inhabit philosophy, and what sort of name is this in the thought of Nietzsche and Levinas? Author Biography This work is hugely important and compelling and will make a significant contribution to the literature in many fields. -- Cynthia Halpern, Swarthmore College Details ISBN 0231144040 ISBN-13 9780231144049 Title Nietzsche and Levinas Author Jill Stauffer, Bettina Bergo Format Hardcover Year 2008 Pages 288 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:161836432; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. 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