TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simmons,J.Aaron
TI  - God and the other: ethics and politics after the theological turn 
T2  - Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
SN  - 9780253355928 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BL51.S5267 2011 
U1  - 210 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Religion
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Continental philosophy
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Political science
N1  - Partly a collection of essays published elsewhere between 2006 and 2010; Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-364) and index; The problem : Richard Rorty's critique of Emmanuel Levinas, or, Why continental ethics and philosophy of religion face political challenges -- Hearing divine commands and responding to the call of the other : a reading of Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling -- Bi-directional relationality : Levinasian readings of the Akedah and the (dynamic) ethical in Kierkegaard -- An ontology of constitutive responsibility : Kierkegaardian "transparency" and Levinasian "exposure" -- Levinasian subjectivity and political critique -- Mapping twists and "turns" : an introduction to the current debate and suggestions for moving forward -- Reconstructive separatism : on phenomenology and theology -- Is continental philosophy just Catholicism for atheists? : critique and kenosis -- The religious : maintaining the paradox : Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard on postmodern Christianity -- The political : politics as an ethico-religious task : reconsidering religion in the public square -- The epistemological : between trust and hope : justification in a deconstructive democracy -- The ethical : expansive relationality : Levinas, community, and climate change -- The ethico-political : following postmodern exemplars
ER  -