Unforeseen History
Translated from the French by Nidra Poller. Foreword by Don Ihde. Introduction by Richard A. Cohen
Collection of essays providing an entry into Levians’ work.
Cloth – $39
978-0-252-02883-0
Publication Date
Cloth: 01/19/2004
About the Book
Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95) placed ethics at the foundation of philosophy; during his life, which spanned almost the entire twentieth century, he witnessed devastating events that could not have been more demanding of that philosophical stance.Unforeseen History covers the years 1929-92, providing a wide overview of Levinas's work-–especially his views on aesthetics and Judaism--offering examples of his precise thinking at work in small essays, long essays, and interviews.
The earliest essays in Unforeseen History discuss phenomenology, a subject Levinas introduced to a great many French thinkers, including Jean-Paul Sartre. In his prescient 1934 essay "Some Thoughts on the Philosophy of Hitlerism," moreover, he confronted a philosophy that had yet to manifest itself fully in cataclysm.
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"We are fortunate to have this excellent translation of these important texts."--Adriaan Peperzak, author of Beyond: The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
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