Publication

2017-03-15 - Southern Illinois University Press

Language

English

Word Count

83,500 words, Guess

Page Count

334 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100809335697
  • ISBN-139780809335695
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016031744
  • OCLC Control Number951158149
  • Better World Books9780809335695
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCB2430.L484A76 2017
  • LCCB2430.L484 A76 2017

Description

"Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas's ethics as first philosophy explicates a human obligation and responsibility to and for the Other that is an unending and an imperfect commitment. In Levinas's Rhetorical Demand: The Unending Obligation of Communication Ethics, Ronald C. Arnett underscores the profundity of Levinas's insights for communication ethics. Arnett outlines communication ethics as a primordial call of responsibility central to Levinas's writing and mission. Arnett analyzes communication ethics through a Levinasian lens with examination of social artifacts ranging from the Heidegger-Cassirer debate to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World story concerning illicit possession of information. Levinas's Rhetorical Demand offers an account of Levinas's project and the pragmatic implications of attending to a call of responsibility to and for the Other. This book yields a rich and nuanced understanding of Levinas's work, revealing the practical importance of his insights, and including a discussion of a constellation of related theorists and thinkers"-- "This book provides an introduction to the importance of Levinas's work and an explication of the manner in which the practicality of his insights can assist ethical judgment within the human community"--

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  • Levinas's Rhetorical Demand: The Unending Obligation of Communication EthicsPaperbackSouthern Illinois University Press2017-03-15

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