Author : Emmanuel Lévinas
Release : 2003
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 403/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Humanism of the Other by : Emmanuel Lévinas
Download or read book Humanism of the Other written by Emmanuel Lévinas. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, a philosophical reaction to prevailing nihilism in the 1960's is urgent reading today when a new sort of nihilism, parading in the very garments of humanism, threatens to engulf our civilization. ---- A key text in Levinas' work, introduces the concept of the humanity of each human being as only understood and discovered through understanding the humanity of others first.