Forgiveness - Hardcover

Jankelevitch, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226392139 ISBN 13: 9780226392134

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2005

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Book by Jankelevitch Vladimir

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"Forgiveness lets us see why Vladimir Jank\u00e9l\u00e9vitch is considered one of the greatest moral philosophers of the twentieth century. His dazzling analysis shows us the singular difficulty and moral force of the art of forgiveness. This book should have an influence as lasting as it is profound."--Arnold I. Davidson, editor of Foucault and His Interlocutors -- Arnold I. Davidson "Vladimir Jank\u00e9l\u00e9vitch was one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy. Although he exerted an extraordinary influence on several generations of French philosophers, writers, and students, his name is, unfortunately, barely known in the English-speaking world. . . . Vladimir Jank\u00e9l\u00e9vitch''s philosophical work will continue to survive the changing climate of philosophy."--Critical Inquiry "[The author] poses sharply some of the deepest questions that anyone interested in forgiveness, in theory or in practice, has to face. His book is a provocative and important contribution to the subject, one that richly repays the effort required to work one's way through it."--Sam Fleischacker and Josh Feigelson "Ethics " ""Forgiveness" lets us see why Vladimir JankElEvitch is considered one of the greatest moral philosophers of the twentieth century. His dazzling analysis shows us the singular difficulty and moral force of the art of forgiveness. This book should have an influence as lasting as it is profound."--Arnold I. Davidson, editor of Foucault and His Interlocutors "In the past decade, interest in the question of forgiveness has come to occupy a commanding position at the crossroads of interdisciplinary concerns. Its reverberant presence is one of the distinguishing aspects of postmodern thought. In an already voluminous literature, Jankelevitch's contribution stands out as a classic. It mines the depths of forgiveness: the elements that compose it, the situations that exemplify it, and the language that discriminates it. What emerges from this excavation is a profound and original work carried out in a style at once lyrical and lucid."--Alan Udoff, editor of Leo Strauss's Thought" ""Forgiveness" lets us see why Vladimir Jankelevitch is considered one of the greatest moral philosophers of the twentieth century. His dazzling analysis shows us the singular difficulty and moral force of the art of forgiveness. This book should have an influence as lasting as it is profound."--Arnold I. Davidson, editor of Foucault and His Interlocutors" "Jankelevitch poses sharply some of the deepest questions that anyone interested in forgiveness, in theory or in practice, has to face. His book is a provocative and important contribution to the subject, one that richly repays the effort required to work one's way through it."--Sam Fleischacker and Josh Feigelson "Ethics "" "Vladimir Jankelevitch was one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy. Although he exerted an extraordinary influence on several generations of French philosophers, writers, and students, his name is, unfortunately, barely known in the English-speaking world. . . . Vladimir Jankelevitch''s philosophical work will continue to survive the changing climate of philosophy."--"Critical Inquiry"

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Philosopher Vladimir Jankelevitch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur. Yet Jankelevitch has long been known internationally for his unique perspective that draws from a range of disciplines outside the philosophical canon. Originally published in 1967, Le Pardon, or Forgiveness, is one of Jankelevitch's most influential works. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing it - a controversial notion when considering events as emotionally charged as the Holocaust. Like so many of Jankelevitch's works, Forgiveness transcends standard treatments of moral problems, not simply generating a treatise on one subject but incorporating discussions of topics such as free will, giving, creativity, and temporality. Translator Andrew Kelley here masterfully captures Jankelevitch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions. Forgiveness is an essential part of that legacy, and this long-overdue English translation will be an indispensable guide to understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0226392139
• ISBN 13: 9780226392134
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208