Political Responsibility for a Globalised World After Levinas' Humanism

Political Responsibility for a Globalised World After Levinas' Humanism

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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 w...

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Main Author: Wolff, Ernst (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2011
Series:Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization
Subjects:
Social & political philosophy
Philosophy
Responsibility
Humanism
Politics
Globalisation
Levinas
Human
Globalization
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Culture
Ethics
Antihumanism
Emmanuel Levinas
Judaism
Martin Heidegger
Max Weber
Ontology
Paul Ricœur
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Summary: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, Ernst Wolff proposes a theory of strategic co-responsibility for the uncertain global context of practice.
ISBN:transcript.9783839416945
9783839416945
Access:Open Access

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