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Book SynopsisBased on the proceedings of an international conference, Vladimir Jankelevitch and the Question of Forgiveness comprises the first book-length expository and critical reading of Jankelevitchâs masterwork: Le Pardon (Forgiveness).
Trade ReviewA latter-day humanist in the tradition of Montaigne, the essays of the French-Jewish philosopher Vladimir Jankélévitch display a delicacy of insight and a depth of feeling as applied to the broadest range of themes—music, laughter, nostalgia, evil, irony and death. In this volume, a distinguished group of philosophers and historians turn their attention to the essay on forgiveness for which Jankélévitch is best known. Cast into high relief by the horrors of mid-twentieth century European history, the questions raised herein retain a moral urgency undiminished by time and no less of relevance today. -- Peter E. Gordon, Amabel B. James Professor of History, Harvard University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Exordium Part 1: Forgiveness: Text and Context Chapter 1: Vladimir Jankélévitch at the Colloques des intellectuels juifs de langue française Chapter 2: Jankélévitch and the Metaphysics of Forgiveness Part 2: Theory and Praxis Chapter 3: Guilty Forgiveness Chapter 4: The Great Distress Chapter 5: Travelling Light: The Conditions of Unconditional Forgiveness in Levinas and Jankélévitch Chapter 6: Forgiveness and Its Limits Chapter 7: Forgiveness and “Should We Pardon Them?”: The Pardon and The Imprescriptible Part 3: The Witness of Literature Chapter 8: New Spartans: Jankélévitch, Scheler and Tolkien on Vanity Chapter 9: To Atone and To Forgive: Jaspers, Jankélévitch/Derrida, and the Possibility of Forgiveness Part 4: At the Crossroads of Theology Chapter 10: The Ethics of Honor and the Possibility of Promise Chapter 11: “After such knowledge, what forgiveness?” On Jankélévitch and the Question of Repentance List of Contributors
