The Origins of Responsibility
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François Raffoul approaches the concept of responsibility in a manner that is distinct from its traditional interpretation as accountability of the wilful subject. Exploring responsibility in the works of Nietzsche, Sartre, Levinas, Heidegger, and Derrida, Raffoul identifies decisive moments in the development of the concept, retrieves its origins, and explores new reflections on it. For Raffoul, responsibility is less about a sovereign subject establishing a sphere of power and control than about exposure to an event that does not come from us and yet calls to us. These original and thoughtful investigations of the post-metaphysical senses of responsibility chart new directions for ethics in the continental tradition.
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LOC Call Number
BJ1451 .R34 2010
ISBN
9780253354389
Publication Date
2010
Department
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Department of French Studies
Publisher
Indiana University Press
City
Bloomington
Recommended Citation
Raffoul, François, "The Origins of Responsibility" (2010).