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Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority (Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Texts, 1),New
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Ever since the beginning of the modern phenomenological movement disciplined attention has been paid to various patterns of human experi ence as they are actually lived through in the concrete. This has brought forth many attempts to tind a general philosophical position which can do justice to these experiences without reduction or distQrtion. In France, the best known of these recent attempts have been made by Sartre in his Being and Nothingness and by MerleauPonty in his Phenomenol ogy of Perception and certain later fragments. Sartre has a keen sense for life as it is lived, and his work is marked by many penetrating descrip tions. But his dualistic ontology of the ensoi versus the poursoi has seemed oversimple and inadequate to many critics, and has been seriously qualitied by the author himself in his latest Marxist work, The Critique of Dialetical Reason. MerleauPonty's major work is a lasting contri but ion to the phenomenology of the preobjective world of perception. But asi de from a few brief hints and sketches, he was unable, before his unfortunate death in 1961, to work out carefully his ultimate philosophi cal point of view. This leaves us then with the German philosopher, Heidegger, as the only contemporary thinker who has formulated a total ontology which claims to do justice to the stable results of phenomenology and to the liv ing existential thought of our time.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority'? A: The book explores the patterns of human experience and aims to establish a philosophical position that accurately reflects these experiences without reduction or distortion.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority' is Emmanuel Levinas.
- Q: What is the publication date of this book? A: The book was published on February 29, 1980.
- Q: What is the binding type of this edition? A: This edition is a hardcover.
- Q: How many pages are in 'Totality and Infinity'? A: The book contains 307 pages.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is in new condition.
- Q: Is this book suitable for language studies? A: Yes, it falls under the category of Foreign Language Study & Reference.
- Q: What edition of the book is this? A: This is the Fourth Edition, published in 1991.
- Q: What philosophical movements does the book relate to? A: The book is connected to the modern phenomenological movement and engages with the works of philosophers like Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.
- Q: Can this book be used for academic purposes? A: Yes, it is suitable for academic study, particularly in philosophy and phenomenology.