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1 online resource (xii, 216 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in Continental thought
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Studies in Continental thought.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Crossing the Ethical by "the" Nonethical -- 1. Nonbelonging/Authenticity -- 2. Language in a Passing Sense of Transcendence -- 3. Ethics in a Passing Sense of Transcendence -- 4. A (Non- ) Passing Sense of Tragedy -- 5. Thinking Noninterpretively -- 6. The Ascetic Ideal: Nietzsche contra Heidegger -- 7. Transition: "What Is Paris Doing to Us?" -- 8. Self-Fragmentation: The Danger to Ethics -- 9. "Not to Be Trapped by Abuse ... ": Genealogy and a Child's Pain -- 10. Responsibility and Danger -- 11. A People's Witness beyond Politics -- 12. Democratic Space -- 13. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Politics for Life. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
In his challenging new book, Charles E. Scott examines the paradox that our ethical and political ideals may perpetuate the very evils they intend to prevent. He takes as his point of departure the question of ethics: that values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies. At issue are the dangers in the structures and movements of images, values, and ways of knowing that are most intimately a part of our lives. The ethical and political dimensions we live by are called into question by virtue of their belonging to something excessive to their own identities. When this excess is ignored, we will be inclined to eliminate or dominate those values and political structures that are significantly different from our own. In this encounter with excess, Scott engages the thought of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Levinas on questions of responsibility, transcendence, tragedy, and self-fragmentation. |
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A way of thinking emerges that makes evident the advantages of the nonethical and the nonpolitical for ethical and political life. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
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19th century |
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Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scott, Charles E. On the advantages and disadvantages of ethics and politics. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996 0253330734 (DLC) 95053713 (OCoLC)34029920 |
| ISBN |
0585105774 (electronic book) |
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9780585105772 (electronic book) |
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0253330734 |
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0253210763 |
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9780253330734 (alkaline paper) |
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9780253210760 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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