Author : Nigel Rapport
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 180539472X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (53 download)
Book Synopsis ‘I am Here’, Abraham Said by : Nigel Rapport
Download or read book ‘I am Here’, Abraham Said written by Nigel Rapport and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. For Levinas, the ‘secrecy’ of subjectivity – a fundamental facet of the human condition – demands an ethics of ignorance and not-knowing; the mystery of otherness is only to be approached through ‘inspiration’. Can anthropology meet a Levinasian challenge if it would define itself as a science as well as a humanistic documentation of social life? This book endeavours to take Levinasian and anthropological precepts equally seriously and offers a tentative accommodation.