Claire Elise Katz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3469019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Elise Katz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire Elise |
| FAMILY NAME | Katz |
| SIGNATURE | KATZ C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mitchell Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8921-3050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Significance of Narcissism
This essay briefly reviews the significance of Pleshette DeArmitt's book, The Right to Narcissism. The essay, originally presented at the 2015 Kristeva Circle, was part of a panel celebrating the work of Pleshette
Ready When You Are
A Conversation with Claire Katz about her book, Levinas and the Crisis of Humanism
The Stirrings of a Stubborn and Difficult Freedom
In several places, Levinas identifies the problem that concerns him as a “crisis of humanism.” This problem finds its seeds in modernity but comes to fruition in the inhumanities of the 20th century. Like his philosophical predecessors, Levinas offers an educational model as a solution to a problem he has identified. But this model--Jewish education—is uniquely different from those offered by those who came before him. This essay examines Levinas…
"The Presence of the Other is a Presence that Teaches"
Although Levinas talks about ethics as a response to the other, most scholars assume that this "response" is not something tangible—it is not an actual giving of food or providing of shelter and clothing. But there is evidence in Levinas's own writings that indicate he does intend for a positive response to the Other. In any event, while he acknowledges that the other is the sole person I wish to kill, killing the other, within an ethical framewo…
Teaching the Other
Until the early part of the twentieth century, virtually every Western philosopher could claim a treatise or text on education as part of his philosophical corpus: Plato's Republic; Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics', Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education; Rousseau's Emile; Kant's On Education; and Dewey's Democracy and Education, to name a few. At the very least, philosophers recognized the role of education in the cultivation, and occasional…
Emmanuel Levinas
Levinas, Judaism, and the Feminine
The Stirrings of a Stubborn and Difficult Freedom
In several places, Levinas identifies the problem that concerns him as a “crisis of humanism.” This problem finds its seeds in modernity but comes to fruition in the inhumanities of the 20th century. Like his philosophical predecessors, Levinas offers an educational model as a solution to a problem he has identified. But this model--Jewish education—is uniquely different from those offered by those who came before him. This essay examines Levinas…
Teaching the Other
Until the early part of the twentieth century, virtually every Western philosopher could claim a treatise or text on education as part of his philosophical corpus: Plato's Republic; Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics', Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education; Rousseau's Emile; Kant's On Education; and Dewey's Democracy and Education, to name a few. At the very least, philosophers recognized the role of education in the cultivation, and occasional…
The Significance of Narcissism
This essay briefly reviews the significance of Pleshette DeArmitt's book, The Right to Narcissism. The essay, originally presented at the 2015 Kristeva Circle, was part of a panel celebrating the work of Pleshette
Levinas, Judaism, and the Feminine
Emmanuel Levinas
Teaching the Other
Until the early part of the twentieth century, virtually every Western philosopher could claim a treatise or text on education as part of his philosophical corpus: Plato's Republic; Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics', Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education; Rousseau's Emile; Kant's On Education; and Dewey's Democracy and Education, to name a few. At the very least, philosophers recognized the role of education in the cultivation, and occasional…
"The Presence of the Other is a Presence that Teaches"
Although Levinas talks about ethics as a response to the other, most scholars assume that this "response" is not something tangible—it is not an actual giving of food or providing of shelter and clothing. But there is evidence in Levinas's own writings that indicate he does intend for a positive response to the Other. In any event, while he acknowledges that the other is the sole person I wish to kill, killing the other, within an ethical framewo…
The Stirrings of a Stubborn and Difficult Freedom
In several places, Levinas identifies the problem that concerns him as a “crisis of humanism.” This problem finds its seeds in modernity but comes to fruition in the inhumanities of the 20th century. Like his philosophical predecessors, Levinas offers an educational model as a solution to a problem he has identified. But this model--Jewish education—is uniquely different from those offered by those who came before him. This essay examines Levinas…
Ready When You Are
A Conversation with Claire Katz about her book, Levinas and the Crisis of Humanism
The Significance of Narcissism
This essay briefly reviews the significance of Pleshette DeArmitt's book, The Right to Narcissism. The essay, originally presented at the 2015 Kristeva Circle, was part of a panel celebrating the work of Pleshette
Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Theology (3 works)