{"product_id":"levinas-and-the-philosophy-of-religion-9780253339256","title":"Levinas and the Philosophy of Religion:","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLevinas and the Philosophy of Religion:\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kosky, Jeffrey L.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253339256.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevinas and the Philosophy of Religion\n\nJeffrey L. Kosky\n\nReveals the interplay of phenomenology and religion in Levinass thought.\n\n\"Kosky examines Levinass thought from the perspective of the philosophy of religion and he does so in a way that is attentive to the philosophical nuances of Levinass argument. . . . an insightful, well written, and carefully documented study . . . that uniquely illuminates Levinass work.\" ―John D. Caputo\n\nFor readers who suspect there is no place for religion and morality in postmodern philosophy, Jeffrey L. Kosky suggests otherwise in this skillful interpretation of the ethical and religious dimensions of Emmanuel Levinass thought. Placing Levinas in relation to Hegel and Nietzsche, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida and Marion, Kosky develops religious themes found in Levinass work and offers a way to think and speak about ethics and morality within the horizons of contemporary philosophy of religion. Kosky embraces the entire scope of Levinass writings, from Totality and Infinity to Otherwise than Being, contrasting Levinass early religious and moral thought with that of his later works while exploring the nature of phenomenological reduction, the relation of religion and philosophy, the question of whether Levinas can be considered a Jewish thinker, and the religious and theological import of Levinass phenomenology. Kosky stresses that Levinas is first and foremost a phenomenologist and that the relationship between religion and philosophy in his ethics should cast doubt on the assumption that a natural or inevitable link exists between deconstruction and atheism.\n\nJeffrey L. Kosky is translator of On Descartes Metaphysical Prism: The Constitution and the Limits of Onto-theo-logy in Cartesian Thought by Jean-Luc Marion. He has taught at Williams College.\n\nIndiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion―Merold Westphal, general editor\n\nMay 2001\n272 pages, 6 1\/8 x 9 1\/4, bibl., index, append.\ncloth0-253-33925-1$39.95 s \/ £30.50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255306510389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0253339251","price":38.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780253339256_039538f9-bf03-488e-b444-3de189d374b7.jpg?v=1779925727","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/levinas-and-the-philosophy-of-religion-9780253339256","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}