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The Ethics of Visuality

Levinas and the Contemporary Gaze

The Ethics of Visuality( )
Author: Kenaan, Hagi
Series title:International Library of Contemporary Philosophy Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78076-516-7
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $32.95
Book Description:

Our world is saturated with images. Overwhelmed by this proliferation of visual stimuli, our gaze becomes increasingly bored and distracted. Do we ever really read and engage with images? Can they ever provide the sense of meaningfulness we crave? French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas confronted and subverted these questions. A superficial reading of his works might indicate an ambivalence if not a wholesale critique of the visual, whose mode of signification remains, for him,...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / Individual Philosophers
Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Philosophy / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.38 Inches
Book Weight:0.47 Pounds



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