Levinas and the Philosophy of ReligionJeffrey L.                  KoskyReveals the interplay of phenomenology and religion in                  Levinas's thought."Kosky examines Levinas's thought from the                  perspective of the philosophy of religion and he does so in a way that is attentive                  to the philosophical nuances of Levinas's argument.... an insightful, well written,                  and carefully documented study... that uniquely illuminates Levinas's work." --                  John D. CaputoFor readers who suspect there is no place for                  religion and morality in postmodern philosophy, Jeffrey L. Kosky suggests otherwise                  in this skillful interpretation of the ethical and religious dimensions of Emmanuel                  Levinas's thought. Placing Levinas in relation to Hegel and Nietzsche, Husserl and                  Heidegger, Derrida and Marion, Kosky develops religious themes found in Levinas's                  work and offers a way to think and speak about ethics and morality within the                  horizons of contemporary philosophy of religion. Kosky embraces the entire scope of                  Levinas's writings, from Totality and Infinity to Otherwise than Being, contrasting                  Levinas's early religious and moral thought with that of his later works while                  exploring the nature of phenomenological reduction, the relation of religion and                  philosophy, the question of whether Levinas can be considered a Jewish thinker, and                  the religious and theological import of Levinas's phenomenology. Kosky stresses that                  Levinas is first and foremost a phenomenologist and that the relationship between                  religion and philosophy in his ethics should cast doubt on the assumption that a                  natural or inevitable link exists between deconstruction and                  atheism.Jeffrey L. Kosky is translator of On Descartes'                  Metaphysical Prism: The Constitution and the Limits of Onto-theo-logy in Cartesian                  Thought by Jean-Luc Marion. He has taught at Williams                  College.Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion -- Merold                  Westphal, general editor May 2001272 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, bibl.,                  index, append. cloth 0-253-33925-1 $39.95 s / £30.50

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