{"product_id":"humanism-of-the-other-9780252073267","title":"Humanism of the Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eLevinas on the possibility and need for humanist ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Humanism of the Other, Emmanuel Levinas argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. In paperback for the first time, Levinas's work here is based in a new appreciation for ethics and takes new distances from phenomenology, idealism, and skepticism to rehabilitate humanism and restore its promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainfully aware of the long history of dehumanization that reached its apotheosis in Hitler and Nazism, Levinas does not underestimate the difficulty of reconciling oneself with another. The humanity of the human, Levinas argues, is not discoverable through mathematics, rational metaphysics, or introspection. Rather, it is found in the recognition that the other person comes first, that the suffering and mortality of others are the obligations and morality of the self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel Levinas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.68w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252073267","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43232588267657,"sku":"9780252073267","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3fddfc85-35bb-4ce3-b6cf-8207c63fd5cf.jpg?v=1735033036","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/humanism-of-the-other-9780252073267","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}