Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, and the Politics of Dwelling

Informationen zum Autor By David J. Gauthier Klappentext This book explores the ethical and political implications of the debate between Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas on the question of Place. It relates their debate to larger disagreements concerning ontology and ethics, the status of humanism, and the relationship between worldliness and transcendence. Ultimately, in an epoch characterized by tribalism and globalization, the Heidegger-Levinas debate illuminates the need for a contemporary politics of place that enables human beings to dwell and practice hospitality.

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By David J. Gauthier

Klappentext

This book explores the ethical and political implications of the debate between Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas on the question of Place. It relates their debate to larger disagreements concerning ontology and ethics, the status of humanism, and the relationship between worldliness and transcendence. Ultimately, in an epoch characterized by tribalism and globalization, the Heidegger-Levinas debate illuminates the need for a contemporary politics of place that enables human beings to dwell and practice hospitality.

Inhalt

1 Chapter 1. Introduction: Heidegger, Levinas, and The Problem of the Homeless Spirit 2 Chapter 2. Primordial Homelessness: The Politics of Anxiety in Heidegger's Being and Time 3 Chapter 3. Finding a Home in the German Polis: Heidegger and the Politics of Aesthetic Nationalism 4 Chapter 4. Heidegger and the Politics of Building, Dwelling, and Thinking 5 Chapter 5. The Violence of Homecoming: Levinas's Critique of Heidegger 6 Chapter 6. Levinas and the Politics of Hospitality 7 Chapter 7. Conclusion: Towards a Postmodern Politics of Place