- Library Home /
- Search Collections /
- Open Collections /
- Browse Collections /
- UBC Faculty Research and Publications /
- “I’m a Pacifist” : Peace in the Thought of Emmanuel...
Open Collections
UBC Faculty Research and Publications
“I’m a Pacifist” : Peace in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas Lawrence, Sean
Abstract
This paper develops and examines the idea and importance of peace in the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, starting from an anecdote regarding his parody of Ernst Cassirer during a student performance in Davos. It examines Levinas’s stated views on peace from across his career, arguing Levinas should be viewed as a pacifist, albeit a highly original one, who shows that political structures are characterized by violence but reveal their origins in the radical peace of the face-to-face encounter.
Item Metadata
Title |
“I’m a Pacifist” : Peace in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas
|
Creator | |
Publisher |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
|
Date Issued |
2019-01-28
|
Description |
This paper develops and examines the idea and importance of peace in the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, starting from an anecdote regarding his parody of Ernst Cassirer during a student performance in Davos. It examines Levinas’s stated views on peace from across his career, arguing Levinas should be viewed as a pacifist, albeit a highly original one, who shows that political structures are characterized by violence but reveal their origins in the radical peace of the face-to-face encounter.
|
Subject | |
Genre | |
Type | |
Language |
eng
|
Date Available |
2019-05-08
|
Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
|
Rights |
CC BY 4.0
|
DOI |
10.14288/1.0378649
|
URI | |
Affiliation | |
Citation |
Religions 10 (2): 84 (2019)
|
Publisher DOI |
10.3390/rel10020084
|
Peer Review Status |
Reviewed
|
Scholarly Level |
Faculty
|
Rights URI | |
Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
|
Item Media
Item Citations and Data
Rights
CC BY 4.0