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OverviewExplores the fundamental confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas in ethics, politics, science, and religion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard A. CohenPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438461106ISBN 10: 1438461100 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 02 January 2017 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Levinas, Spinozism, Nietzsche, and the Body 2. Prophetic Speech in Levinas and Spinoza (and Maimonides) 3. Levinas and Spinoza: To Love God for Nothing 4. Levinas and Spinoza: Justice and the State 5. Spinoza's Prince: For Whom Is the Theological-Political Treatise Written? 6. Levinas on Spinoza's Misunderstanding of Judaism 7. Thinking Least about Death: Mortality and Morality in Spinoza, Heidegger, and Levinas 8. Spinoza's Spleen: ""Babies, Fools, and Madmen"" Works Cited Index"ReviewsCohen's work here is nothing short of spectacular. His analysis of the mathematical and scientific foundations of Spinoza's philosophy is exemplary. Lucidly, meticulously, and with very disciplined analysis he conveys the force, power, and influence of Spinoza's philosophy on contemporary religious thought. - Richard I. Sugarman, University of Vermont Richard Cohen has managed to not merely bring these two notoriously difficult philosophers into conversation with each other, but to do so in an extremely readable way. Indeed, he is able to explain extremely difficult philosophical disputes with clarity and to convey a palpable sense of excitement. - Robert Erlewine, author of Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason This is an incisive, deep analysis of two philosophers, offering important critiques of Spinoza in particular; its thinking points about different ways of prioritizing such issues as the state, human relations, the body, and religion are potent and vital, from which many readers will benefit. - H-Net Reviews (H-Judaic) Cohen's work here is nothing short of spectacular. His analysis of the mathematical and scientific foundations of Spinoza's philosophy is exemplary. Lucidly, meticulously, and with very disciplined analysis he conveys the force, power, and influence of Spinoza's philosophy on contemporary religious thought. - Richard I. Sugarman, University of Vermont Richard Cohen has managed to not merely bring these two notoriously difficult philosophers into conversation with each other, but to do so in an extremely readable way. Indeed, he is able to explain extremely difficult philosophical disputes with clarity and to convey a palpable sense of excitement. - Robert Erlewine, author of Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason Author InformationRichard A. Cohen is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Jewish Thought at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His books include Ricoeur as Another: The Ethics of Subjectivity (coedited with James L. Marsh) and Face to Face with Levinas, both also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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