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'I Am Here', Abraham Said: Emmanuel Levinas and Anthropological Science

'I Am Here', Abraham Said: Emmanuel Levinas and Anthropological Science

Hardcover

Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology, Book 47

PhilosophyAnthropology

ISBN10: 1805394703
ISBN13: 9781805394709
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Apr 1 2024
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

One of the most significant philosophical voices of the twentieth century - the philosopher of 'the Other' - Emmanuel Levinas' work offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. Levinasian philosophy considers subjectivity and identity as 'secret'. For him an attempt to document humanity should then be placed in an ethics of ignorance and 'not-knowing' so that 'otherness' can be inspired. Anthropology thus reaches the Levinasian challenge of defining itself as a humanistic science as well as a humanistic documentation of social life. This book endeavours to take Levinasian and anthropological precepts equally seriously and offers tentative conclusions.

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