Man As A Place Of God (2007)
Philosophy / General, - Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, - Philosophy / History & Surveys / General, - Philosophy / Metaphysics, - Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern, - Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology, - Philosophy / Religious, - Philosophy / History & Surveys / Renaissance, - Religion / Judaism / General, - Religion / Philosophy -
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Renée van Riessen
Overview
<p>Man as a Place of God is an examination of Levinas’ philosophy of religion in the light of his ethics and anthropology. It provides a lively introduction to the main themes of Levinas’ thought and offers critical perspectives on Levinas by relating his work to that of Heidegger, Ricoeur, Rorty, Derrida and Vattimo. </p> <p>The focus of interpretation is the hermeneutics of ‘kenosis’: the subject’s ability to be open towards the other to the point where man can be seen as a place of ‘God’, a place where the infinite attains to finite existence. Does this mean that the kenotic subject totally disappears from the arena of his own life, to reach out for a sublime existence that is no longer of ‘this world’ – as in the philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and certain mystical thinkers? This book will argue the reverse: the kenotic sublimity developed by Levinas is in keeping with ethics, and even with concrete acts of responsibility. Also, it refers to a certain idea of God, who comes into being in a ‘kenotic’ way: by giving himself in the ethical experience of man and woman, regardless of their culture and religious beliefs. </p>