Overview

Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy of philosophical examination—passion. Lingis criticizes traditional scientific accounts of the emotions as dividing or disrupting our lives and argues for passion as a unifying force, a concept which invites philosophical exploration. The book’s structure is twofold. First, it offers an examination of Lingis’s most recent developments through the topic of passion with essays from some of the most established commentators on the work of Lingis. Second, it offers a substantial retrospective on Lingis’s thought in relation to some of the major figures in continental philosophy, namely Levinas, Kant, Heidegger, Butler, Foucault, and Nietzsche, all interweaving the theme of passion. Written to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of Lingis’s birth, these essays show how Lingis’s thought has not only endured over so many productive decades but also remains vital and even continues to grow.

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Author:   Randolph Wheeler ,  Randolph Wheeler ,  Anne Ashbaugh, Colgate University ,  Wolfgang W. Fuchs
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781498534673

ISBN 10:   1498534678
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   26 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section I: PASSION IN PHILOSOPHY Chapter 1 Alphonso Lingis Aconcagua Chapter 2 Tom Sparrow Existence in Excess Chapter 3 Graham Harman Symbiotic Passion in Lingis Chapter 4 Wolfgang W. Fuchs Love and Lust after Levinas and Lingis Chapter 5 John Murungi On Alphonso Lingis’s Eightieth Birthday—A Philosophical Journey: From Nowhere to Nowhere Section II: COLLABORATIONS: LINGIS AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION Chapter 6 Alexander E. Hooke Collaborations Chapter 7 Richard I. Sugarman The Importance of Alphonso Lingis in Introducing Levinas to America Chapter 8 Randolph C. Wheeler Alterity after Infinity: Interview with Alphonso Lingis (2015) Chapter 9 Emily Anne Parker Resisting Individuality Chapter 10 Randolph C. Wheeler Imperative Innovations Chapter 11 Anne Freire Ashbaugh Amor Fati: The Tragic Passion

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Lingis offers ideas, erudition, criticism, stories, but much more as well, nourishment from a life lived in depth, intensity, suffering and wonder. His writings render into a crackling American idiom the fascinating and provocative philosophies of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Bataille, Foucault, and Deleuze, among others. -- Richard A. Cohen, author of Out of Control: Confrontations between Spinoza and Levinas

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Randolph C. Wheeler is a faculty member of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Towson University.

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