{"product_id":"9780253108555","title":"Levinas and the Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eLevinas and the Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey L.\u003cbr\u003e Kosky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReveals the interplay of phenomenology and religion in\u003cbr\u003e Levinas's thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kosky examines Levinas's thought from the\u003cbr\u003e perspective of the philosophy of religion and he does so in a way that is attentive\u003cbr\u003e to the philosophical nuances of Levinas's argument.... an insightful, well written,\u003cbr\u003e and carefully documented study... that uniquely illuminates Levinas's work.\" --\u003cbr\u003e John D. Caputo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who suspect there is no place for\u003cbr\u003e religion and morality in postmodern philosophy, Jeffrey L. Kosky suggests otherwise\u003cbr\u003e in this skillful interpretation of the ethical and religious dimensions of Emmanuel\u003cbr\u003e Levinas's thought. Placing Levinas in relation to Hegel and Nietzsche, Husserl and\u003cbr\u003e Heidegger, Derrida and Marion, Kosky develops religious themes found in Levinas's\u003cbr\u003e work and offers a way to think and speak about ethics and morality within the\u003cbr\u003e horizons of contemporary philosophy of religion. Kosky embraces the entire scope of\u003cbr\u003e Levinas's writings, from Totality and Infinity to Otherwise than Being, contrasting\u003cbr\u003e Levinas's early religious and moral thought with that of his later works while\u003cbr\u003e exploring the nature of phenomenological reduction, the relation of religion and\u003cbr\u003e philosophy, the question of whether Levinas can be considered a Jewish thinker, and\u003cbr\u003e the religious and theological import of Levinas's phenomenology. Kosky stresses that\u003cbr\u003e Levinas is first and foremost a phenomenologist and that the relationship between\u003cbr\u003e religion and philosophy in his ethics should cast doubt on the assumption that a\u003cbr\u003e natural or inevitable link exists between deconstruction and\u003cbr\u003e atheism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey L. Kosky is translator of On Descartes'\u003cbr\u003e Metaphysical Prism: The Constitution and the Limits of Onto-theo-logy in Cartesian\u003cbr\u003e Thought by Jean-Luc Marion. He has taught at Williams\u003cbr\u003e College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion -- Merold\u003cbr\u003e Westphal, general editor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay 2001\u003cbr\u003e272 pages, 6 1\/8 x 9\u003cbr\u003e 1\/4, bibl., index, append. \u003cbr\u003ecloth 0-253-33925-1 $39.95 s \/ £30.50\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112506736880,"sku":"9780253108555","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253108555_p0.jpg?v=1763681134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253108555","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}