The Hypocritical Imagination: Between Kant and Levinas by John Llewellyn (Englis

Description: The Hypocritical Imagination by John Llewellyn Focusing on Kant and Levinas, John Llewelyn takes us on a tour of the philosophical imagination. He shows us that despite the different treatments they accord to the imagination, there is much to be gained from comparing these two key thinkers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a reading of an important philosophical theme: the imagination. Focusing on Kant and Levinas, the author aims to show readers that despite the different treatments they accord to the imagination, there is much to be gained from comparing these two key thinkers. From Kant, Llewelyn shows how the imagination is the common root of all understanding. He contrasts this with the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, for whom the imagination plays an ambivalent role both as necessary for and a threat to recognition of the other. Llewelyn also introduces the importance of the work of Heidegger Schelling, Hegel, Arendt and Derrida on the imagination and what this work can tell us about the relationship between the imagination and ethics, aesthetics and literature. Back Cover For philosophers such as Kant, the imagination is the starting point for all thought. for others, such as Wittgenstein, what is important is only how the word imagination is used. in spite of the attention the imagination has received from major philosophers, remarkably little has been written about the radically different interpretations they have made of it. The HypoCritical Imagination: Between Kant and Levinas is an outstanding contribution to this vaccuum. Focusing on Kant and Levinas, John Llewelyn takes us on a dazzling tour of the philosophical imagination. He shows us that despite the different treatments they accord to the imagination, there is much to be gained from comparing these two key thinkers. from Kant, Llewelyn shows how the imagination is the common root of all understanding. He contrasts this with the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, for whom the imagination plays an ambivalent role both as necessary for and a threat to recognition of the other. John Llewelyn also introduces the importance of the work of Heidegger Schelling, Hegel, Arendt and Derrida on the imagination and what this work can tell us about the relationship between the imagination and ethics, aesthetics and literature. The HypoCritical Imagination: Between Kant and Levinas is a brilliant reading of a neglected but important philosophical theme and is essential reading for those in contemporary philosophy, art theory and literature. Author Biography John Llewellyn is formerly Reader in Philosophy at Edinburgh University. hew is the author of the acclaimed Emmanuel Levinas: The Genealogy of Ethics, also published by Routledge. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Prologue; Part 1 Back Through Kant; Chapter 2 Imagination as Medial Diathesis; Chapter 3 Constructive Imagination as Connecting Middle; Chapter 4 Antinomy as Dialectical Imagination in Hegels Critique of Kant; Chapter 5 Dialectical Imagination as Deconstruction; Chapter 6 Imadgination as the meaning of Being; Part 2 From Levinas; Chapter 7 Levinass Critical and Hypocritical Diction; Chapter 8 Arendts Critique of Political Judgement; Part 3 To the Things Themselves; Chapter 9 Respect as Effective Affectivity; Chapter 10 Aesthethics; Chapter 11 Alethaesthethics; Chapter 12 Epilogue; Review This book collects a number of thought provoking studies on imagination and the crucial significances claimed for it since Kant. - Tidschrift voor Filosofie Details ISBN0415213622 Short Title HYPOCRITICAL IMAGINATION Series Warwick Studies in European Philosophy Language English ISBN-10 0415213622 ISBN-13 9780415213622 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 128.3 Year 1999 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Between Kant and Levinas Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780415213622 UK Release Date 1999-09-23 AU Release Date 1999-09-23 NZ Release Date 1999-09-23 Author John Llewellyn Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 1999-09-23 Alternative 9780415213615 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 290 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134413473;

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