Mensch James R

Hiddenness and alterity : philosophical and literary sightings of the unseen / James Richard Mensch. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c2005. - x, 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.

Temporalization as the trace of the subject -- The alterity of time -- Logic and alterity -- Imagination and others -- Givenness and alterity -- Selfhood and politics -- Shame and guilt -- Benito Cerino : Freud and the breakdown of politics -- Literature and evil -- Rescue and the face to face -- Abraham and Isaac : a question of theodicy -- What should we pray for? -- Metaphysics and alterity.

"Using resources of phenomenology to examine how we are able to engage in self-concealment, Mensch presents a unified theory of the role of the other in our relations to the world"--Provided by publisher.

0820703664 (alk. paper) 0820703672 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Self Philosophy
Other Philosophy
Phenomenology
Ethics

BD438.5 / .M46 2005