Totality, the Other, the Infinite: The Relation between Ethics and Religion in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas

Tjaya, Thomas Hidya (2009) Totality, the Other, the Infinite: The Relation between Ethics and Religion in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas. Doctoral thesis, Boston College The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy.

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Abstract

The present study seeks to address the general question of the relation between Levinas's ethics and his account of religion. The specific questions pursued here include the following: Is his ethics secular or religious, and in what sense is it so, either way? Does his ethics depend on religion? How does Levinas himself understand 'religion'? This thesis will show that any interpretation of Levinas's ethics cannot be separated from its religious dimension, namely, the openness to exteriority as Desire for the Infinite. Religion, despite all consolations it may bring, cannot dispense with this ethical demand.

Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
A General Works > B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions: Program Pascasarjana > Program Pascasarjana Filsafat
Depositing User: Anoki Antonia
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2020 07:40
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2020 01:16
URI: http://repo.driyarkara.ac.id/id/eprint/5

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