David Michael Kleinberg-Levin:Gesten des ethischen Lebens: Lesen von H?lderlins Maßfrage nach Heidegge
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A Gesture Most Tactful: Rilke's Second Duino Elegy 000 2. A Survivor's Reflections on the Holocaust000 5. Keeping Up Appearances: The Dialectic of Tact in Adorno 000 7. What Is Left Intact: Reading the Hand in Benjamin's Writings000 8. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Gestures of Ethical Life by David Michael Kleinberg-Levin Carrying forward the problematic of measure and measurelessness that Plato, Aristotle, and Hölderlin posited at the center of their ethics and politics, this book explores ways in which, as the very condition of their freedom, our gestures bear within their most originary sense and sensibility the values, norms, ideals, and prophetic, messianic dreams of a redeemed ethical and political life. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description For Greek antiquity, the question of right or fitting measure constituted the very heart of both ethics and politics. But can the Good of the ethical life and the Justice of the political be reduced to measurement and calculation? If they are matters of measure, are they not also absolutely immeasurable? In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Holderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, the author argues that the question of measure has become ever more urgent in the context of a modernity pressured by the conditions of a technological economy and a relativism that threatens to destroy a vital sense of moral responsibility and the commitment to justice that underlies the possibility of freedom. Conceived as a task for the "metaphysics" of memory, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Notes In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Holderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Back Cover "This is a book for our troubled times. It speaks to the most pressing current dilemmas . . . . [Kleinberg-Levin], in an utterly engaging way, takes us on a fascinating voyage that includes the testimony of British laborers, the thinking of venture capitalists, the life of the bourgeosie, and ancient as well as contemporary theorists. The book ranges across virtually the entirety of dilemmas into which contemporary existence has plunged us-always with insight, inspiration, wit, and a sense of hope. This is an extraordinary work, original in its vision and deep in its resources. It is a premier work in continental philosophy, at the cutting edge of this ever-expanding field of work. It is, in short, a genuine tour de force." -Edward S. Casey, SUNY at Stony Brook Flap For Greek antiquity, the question of right or fitting measure constituted the very heart of both ethics and politics. But can the Good of the ethical life and the Justice of the political be reduced to measurement and calculation? If they are matters of measure, are they not also absolutely immeasurable? In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Hlderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, the author argues that the question of measure has become ever more urgent in the context of a modernity pressured by the conditions of a technological economy and a relativism that threatens to destroy a vital sense of moral responsibility and the commitment to justice that underlies the possibility of freedom. Conceived as a task for the "metaphysics" of memory, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Author Biography David Michael Kleinberg Levin is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Table of Contents @fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments Prefaceiii Introductioniii Epitaph for the Handshakeiii @toc2:1.A Gesture Most Tactful: Rilke's Second Duino Elegy 000 2.Measure in and : Learning a Gentle Restraint000 3.Freedom in Right Measure: H"lderlin's Anguished Question000 4.What Measure Now? A Survivor's Reflections on the Holocaust000 5.The Invisible Hands of Capital and Labor: Using Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology to Understand Alienation in Marx's Theory of Manual Labor000 6.Keeping Up Appearances: The Dialectic of Tact in Adorno 000 7.What Is Left Intact: Reading the Hand in Benjamin's Writings000 8.Usage and Dispensation: Heidegger's Meditation on the Hand000 9.Two Hands Touching: Chiasmatic Gestures in Merleau- Ponty000 10.Arrhythmia in the Messianic Epokhe: Opening the Gate with Levinasian Gestures000 @toc4:Notes000 Index of Proper Names000+ Review "David Kleinberg-Levin is nothing if not a thinker who has always tried to save philosophy from itself. Gestures of Ethical Life is a book of careful close readings, lucid articulations of concepts, and critical counterstatements. In the bargain it is beautifully written - a rare achievement even in the best of times, whenever they might have been." - Gerald L. Bruns, Continental Philosophy Review "This is a book for our troubled times. It speaks to the most pressing current dilemmas ... [Kleinberg-Levin], in an utterly engaging way, takes us on a fascinating voyage that includes the testimony of British laborers, the thinking of venture capitalists, the life of the bourgeosie, and ancient as well as contemporary theorists. The book ranges across virtually the entirety of dilemmas into which contemporary existence has plunged us - always with insight, inspiration, wit, and a sense of hope. This is an extraordinary work, original in its vision and deep in its resources. It is a premier work in continental philosophy, at the cutting edge of this ever-expanding field of work. It is, in short, a genuine tour de force." - Edward S. Casey, SUNY at Stony Brook Promotional In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Holderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Long Description For Greek antiquity, the question of right or fitting measure constituted the very heart of both ethics and politics. But can the Good of the ethical life and the Justice of the political be reduced to measurement and calculation? If they are matters of measure, are they not also absolutely immeasurable? In critical dialogue with texts by Plato, Hlderlin, Rilke, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marx, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, and Levi, the author argues that the question of measure has become ever more urgent in the context of a modernity pressured by the conditions of a technological economy and a relativism that threatens to destroy a vital sense of moral responsibility and the commitment to justice that underlies the possibility of freedom. Conceived as a task for the "metaphysics" of memory, this book explores the normative problematic of measure, bringing its deeply buried redemptive promise to appearance in our gestures, uses and abuses of the hands, the dialectic of tact, and the manners of social existence. Review Quote "This is a book for our troubled times. It speaks to the most pressing current dilemmas . . . [Kleinberg-Levin], in an utterly engaging way, takes us on a fascinating voyage that includes the testimony of British laborers, the thinking of venture capitalists, the life of the bourgeosie, and ancient as well as contemporary theorists. The book ranges across virtually the entirety of dilemmas into which contemporary existence has plunged us Details ISBN0804750882 Short Title GESTURES OF ETHICAL LIFE Pages 536 Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804750882 ISBN-13 9780804750882 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 170 Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780804750882 UK Release Date 2005-08-12 AU Release Date 2005-08-12 NZ Release Date 2005-08-12 US Release Date 2005-08-12 Author David Michael Kleinberg-Levin Series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Publication Date 2005-08-12 Subtitle Reading Hölderlin's Question of Measure After Heidegger Alternative 9780804750875 Audience Undergraduate We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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