Beschreibung:
Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy for philosophical examination—passion. This book shows how Lingis’s thought has not only endured over so many productive decades but how it remains vital and even continues to grow.
Among the first and foremost of American continental philosophers, Alphonso Lingis refines his own thought through a topic usually deemed unworthy of philosophical examination—passion. Lingis criticizes traditional scientific accounts of the emotions as dividing or disrupting our lives and argues for passion as a unifying force, a concept which invites philosophical exploration. The book’s structure is twofold. First, it offers an examination of Lingis’s most recent developments through the topic of passion with essays from some of the most established commentators on the work of Lingis. Second, it offers a substantial retrospective on Lingis’s thought in relation to some of the major figures in continental philosophy, namely Levinas, Kant, Heidegger, Butler, Foucault, and Nietzsche, all interweaving the theme of passion. Written to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of Lingis’s birth, these essays show how Lingis’s thought has not only endured over so many productive decades but also remains vital and even continues to grow.
Introduction
Section I: PASSION IN PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 1Alphonso Lingis
Aconcagua
Chapter 2Tom Sparrow
Existence in Excess
Chapter 3Graham Harman
Symbiotic Passion in Lingis
Chapter 4Wolfgang W. Fuchs
Love and Lust after
Levinas and Lingis
Chapter 5John Murungi
On Alphonso Lingis’s Eightieth
Birthday—A Philosophical Journey:
From Nowhere to Nowhere
Section II: COLLABORATIONS: LINGIS AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION
Chapter 6Alexander E. Hooke
Collaborations
Chapter 7Richard I. Sugarman
The Importance of Alphonso
Lingis in Introducing Levinas to
America
Chapter 8Randolph C. Wheeler
Alterity after Infinity: Interview
with Alphonso Lingis (2015)
Chapter 9Emily Anne Parker
Resisting Individuality
Chapter 10Randolph C. Wheeler
Imperative Innovations
Chapter 11Anne Freire Ashbaugh
Amor Fati: The Tragic Passion