Art of Time: Levinas, Ethics, and the Contemporary Peninsular Novel

Ethics has been a part of human narrative for centuries, and Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) argued that "the ethical" is the foundational moment for human subjectivity. Academicians and journalists in Spain and abroad have recently focused on a group of peninsular writers known as Generación X, who are closely related to the socio-political and historical circumstances in Spain and trace the temporal movement of alterity through narrative.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 250 pages
\n Publication date: 30 June 2019
\n Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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Ethics, a comprehensive framework of inquiries and responses to the fundamental question of "what should I do?" has permeated human storytelling for over two centuries. One of the foremost ethical thinkers of the 20th century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), revolutionized the field of philosophy by asserting that "the ethical" serves as the cornerstone of human subjectivity, and that human subjectivity underpins all Western philosophy. Levinas' profound voice is essential to the growing global focus on ethics as he grapples with the central dilemma of alterity, or "otherness," which he conceptualizes as the expression and prior responsibility to difference in relation to the competing movement toward sameness.

Academics and journalists in Spain and internationally have recently drawn attention to a burgeoning group of peninsular writers who, they argue, belong to a discernible literary generation, provisionally referred to as "Generación X." These writers stand apart from their predecessors, and their literary works are closely intertwined with the specific socio-political and historical context of Spain. Their novels depict narratives of varying proximity, responsibility, and temporality, thus tracing the temporal evolution of alterity through storytelling.

Published by Bucknell University Press, this book is distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

\n Weight: 292g\n
Dimension: 142 x 216 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781684481279\n \n