Forgiveness - Rilegato

Jankelevitch, Vladimir

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ISBN 10: 0226392139 ISBN 13: 9780226392134

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2005

Riassunto

Philosopher Vladimir Jankélévitch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Lévinas, and Paul Ricoeur. Yet Jankélévitch has long been known internationally for his unique perspective that draws from a range of disciplines outside the philosophical canon.

Originally published in 1967, Le Pardon, or Forgiveness, is one of Jankélévitch's most influential works. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing it-a controversial notion when considering events as emotionally charged as the Holocaust.

Like so many of Jankélévitch's works, Forgiveness transcends standard treatments of moral problems, not simply generating a treatise on one subject but incorporating discussions of topics such as free will, giving, creativity, and temporality. Translator Andrew Kelley here masterfully captures Jankélévitch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions. Forgiveness is an essential part of that legacy, and this long- overdue English translation will be an indispensable guide to understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.

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Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903-85) held the Chair in Moral Philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1951 to 1978. He was the author of more than twenty books on philosophy and music, including the recently translated Music and the Ineffable. Andrew Kelley is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Bradley University. He is also the translator of Josef Popper-Lynkeus's The Individual and the Value of Human Life.

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Book by Jankelevitch Vladimir

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0226392139
• ISBN 13: 9780226392134
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 175