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Political Responsibility for a Globalised World: After Levinas' Humanism
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Abstract The aim of this book is to reflect on the complex practice of responsibility within the context of a globalised world and contemporary means of action. Levinas' exploration of the ethical serves as point of entry and is shown to be seeking inter-cultural political relevance through engagement with t... mehr
The aim of this book is to reflect on the complex practice of responsibility within the context of a globalised world and contemporary means of action. Levinas' exploration of the ethical serves as point of entry and is shown to be seeking inter-cultural political relevance through engagement with the issues of postcoloniality and humanism. Yet, Levinas fails to realise the ethical implications of the inevitable instrumental mediation between ethical meaning and political practice. With recourse to Weber, Apel and Ricoeur, the author proposes a theory of strategic co-responsibility for the uncertain global context of practice.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Globalisierung; Verantwortung; Humanismus; politische Philosophie; Kulturphilosophie; Ethik
Klassifikation
Philosophie, Theologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Lévinas, Emmanuel
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
283 S.
Schriftenreihe
Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization, 11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839416945
ISBN
978-3-8394-1694-5
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0