Essential vulnerabilities: plato and levinas on relations to the other
Auteur :
Achtenberg, Deborah
Éditeur :
Northwestern University Press
ISBN :
9780810135635
Date de publication :
15 oct. 2017
Dimensions :
22,6 x 14,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Contests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. Instead, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. Nonetheless, Deborah Achtenberg argues, Plato and Levinas are different. Though they view human beings as essentially vulnerable and in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently.