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1 online resource (220 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Judaism and the Ethical: Recovering the Other; 2. The Time of Creation; 3. The Inauguration of Sexual Difference; 4. The Hospitality of the Feminine; 5. Eros, Sexual Difference, and the Question of Ethics; 6. Ruth; or, Love and the Ethics of Fecundity; 7. Cain and the Responsibility of Choice; 8. Abraham and the Tempering of Virility; 9. Maternity, Sacrifice, and Sarah's Choice; 10. The Silent Footsteps of Rebecca; Notes; Works by Emmanuel Levinas; General Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In Levinas, Judaism and the Feminine, Claire Katz explores the powerful and productive links between the feminine and religion in Levinas's work. Rather than viewing the feminine as a metaphor with no significance for women or as a means to reinforce traditional stereotypes, Katz goes beyond the questions of sexual difference to reach a more profound understanding of the role of the feminine in Levinas's conception of ethical responsibility. Katz's reading of Levinas's conception of the feminine against a backdrop of discussions of women of the Hebrew bible points to important shifts in cont |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lévinas, Emmanuel
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| SUBJECT |
Lévinas, Emmanuel. fast (OCoLC)fst00046641 |
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Femininity (Philosophy) -- History -- 20th century
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Ethics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Jewish ethics -- History -- 20th century
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Ethics, Modern.
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Femininity (Philosophy)
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Jewish ethics.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253110770 |
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0253110777 |
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