Facing Rortian Ethics with Levinas and Kierkegaard

A Review of J. Aaron Simmons’s God and the Other: Ethics and Politics after the Theological Turn

Authors

  • Jim Kanaris McGill University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v41i3.36

Keywords:

Levinas, Kierkegaard, Rorty, Derrida, religious alterity, ethico-political

Abstract

This is a review essay of J. Aaron Simmons' book: God and the Other: Ethics and Politics After the Theological Turn (2011).

Author Biography

  • Jim Kanaris, McGill University

    Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada.

References

Kearney, Richard. 2001. The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Simmons, J. Aaron. 2011. God and the Other: Ethics and Politics after the Theological Turn. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

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Published

2012-10-09

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Kanaris, J. (2012). Facing Rortian Ethics with Levinas and Kierkegaard: A Review of J. Aaron Simmons’s God and the Other: Ethics and Politics after the Theological Turn. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 41(3), 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v41i3.36