A new translation and edition of one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period.

The "Cartesian Meditations" translation is based primarily on the printed text, edited by Professor S. Strasser and published in the first volume of Husserliana ...

The essays that Jill Stauffer and Bettina Bergo collect in this volume locate multiple affinities between the philosophies of Nietzsche and Levinas. Both philosophers question the nature of subjectivity and the meaning of responsibility after the "death of God." While Nietzsche poses the dilemmas of a self without a ground and of ethics at a time of cultural upheaval and demystification, Levinas wrestles with subjectivity and the sheer possibility of ethics after the Shoah. Both argue that goodness exists independently of (...) calculative reason—for Nietzsche, goodness arises in a creative act moving beyond reaction and ressentiment; Levinas argues that goodness occurs in a spontaneous response to another person. In a world at once without God and haunted by multiple divinities, Nietzsche and Levinas reject transcendental foundations for politics and work toward an alternative vision encompassing a positive sense of creation, a complex fraternity or friendship, and rival notions of responsibility. Stauffer and Bergo group arguments around the following debates, which are far from settled: What is the reevaluation of ethics (and life) that Nietzsche and Levinas propose, and what does this imply for politics and sociality? What is a human subject—and what are substance, permanence, causality, and identity, whether social or ethical—in the wake of the demise of God as the highest being and the foundation of what is stable in existence? Finally, how can a "God" still inhabit philosophy, and what sort of name is this in the thought of Nietzsche and Levinas? (shrink)

Unpublished during Nietzsche's lifetime, presents the philosopher's exploration of the culture of the Greeks.

Les commentateurs de l'oeuvre nietzscheenne se rejoignent pour qualifier sa pensee de philosophie de l'approbation. Or si le Retour Eternel est bien pour l'auteur d'Ecce Homo la formule d'approbation la plus haute qui se puisse concevoir, comment pourrait-on nier que sa comprehension soit un passage oblige pour assimiler la philosophie de Nietzsche? Curieusement tres peu d'ouvrages lui ont ete consacres.Prenant appui a la fois sur les rares textes publies qui traitent explicitement de cette thematique et sur le cahier de l'oeuvre (...) posthume qui lui est presque entierement dedie, l'auteur montre comment le Retour Eternel rompt a la fois avec la temporalite archaique de la repetition et avec le temps lineaire du determinisme mecaniste. Etre dans le temps hors du temps: telle semble avoir ete l'experience paradoxale que Nietzsche a vecue au bord du lac de Silvaplana en aout 1881. Rejoignant un instant sans limites, le philosophe s'est alors trouve dote d'un nouveau regard.Se mettre a l'ecole de Nietzsche, c'est apprendre a devenir a notre tour les hommes d'un nouveau voir qui regle a l'heure de Midi les horloges du corps. Effacant les retards dus au ressentiment, reduisant les anticipations dues aux illusions finalistes de la conscience, le disciple de Nietzsche rejoint alors la plenitude d'un univers innocent en harmonie avec la puissance creatrice de la vie. (shrink)

Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1996) has exerted a profound influence on 20th-century continental philosophy. This anthology, including Levinas's key philosophical texts over a period of more than forty years, provides an ideal introduction to his thought and offers insights into his most innovative ideas. Five of the ten essays presented here appear in English for the first time. An introduction by Adriaan Peperzak outlines Levinas's philosophical development and the basic themes of his writings. Each essay is accompanied by a brief introduction and (...) notes. This collection is an ideal text for students of philosophy concerned with understanding and assessing the work of this major philosopher. (shrink)

A chronological approach that examines the progression of Levinas's deliberations on time over six decades, thus providing new insights about aspects of Levinasian thought that have consistently troubled readers, including the differences between Levinas's early and later writings, his controversial invocation of the feminine, and the blurry line between philosophy and religion in his work"--Provided by publisher.