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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
globalization; responsibility; humanism; political philosophy; philosophy of culture; ethics
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
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Lévinas, Emmanuel
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
283 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839416945
ISBN
978-3-8394-1694-5
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0