Knowing other-wise : philosophy at the threshold of spirituality
Annotation Recent discussions in the various circles of feminism, postmodernism, and environmentalism have begun to make clear that ontology and epistemology without ethics is deadly - oppressive to women, oppressive to men, oppressive to the earth. In response to this crisis of reason in modernity, this collection of essays suggests the importance of knowing other-wise, non-rational ways of knowing which are wise to the "other"--A spiritual knowing of the heart with the passionate eye of love. Knowing Otherwise calls into question the Western philosophical tradition of giving pride of place to reason in the acquisition of knowledge. Reasoning is only one of many ways in which we engage, i.e. know, the world. We know more than we think. We know by touch, by feel, by taste, by sight, by sounds, by smell, by symbols, by sex, by trust - by means of every modality of human experience. Philosophy becomes, in the fashion of Levinas, the wisdom of love at the service of love. Tracing connections between epistemology, ethics, and spirituality - between "knowing" and the "other," between an other and the Other - all the essays serve as points of convergence between postmodern discussions and the Calvinian spirituality which is the home for writers in this collection. In particular, this collection explores the contributions of feminist thought and thinkers such as Emmanuel Levinas, Richard Rorty, Jacqes Derrida, and John D. Caputo to a spiritually and ethically sensitive knowing
1 online resource (viii, 268 pages)
9780585171371, 9780823217809, 9780823217816, 0585171378, 0823217809, 0823217817
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Love/knowledge : sojourning with others, meeting with differences / James H. Olthuis
Conceptual understanding and knowing other-wise : reflections on rationality and spirituality in philosophy / Hendrik Hart
Points of convergence between Dooyeweerdian and feminist views of the philosophic self / Janet Catherina Wesselius
Taking the risk of essence : a Deweyan theory in some feminist conversations / Carroll Guen Hart
Singular interruptions : Rortian liberalism and the ethics of deconstruction / Ronald A. Kuipers
Face-to-face : ethical asymmetry or the symmetry of mutuality? / James H. Olthuis
Structures of violence, structures of peace : Levinasian reflections on just war and pacifism / Jeffrey M. Dudiak
Again ethics : a Levinasian reading of Caputo reading Levinas / Jeffrey M. Dudiak
How to avoid not speaking : attestations / James K.A. Smith
Crossing the threshold : sojourning together in the wild spaces of love / James H. Olthuis
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