The Other, Shame, and Politics
Levinas, Justice, and Feeling Responsible
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5118938 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Larocco (Southern Connecticut State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 381 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel9120381 |
| OpenAlex | W2901888891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Adi Ophir has suggested that the political realm is an order of evils, producing and managing regular forms of suffering and violence rather than eliminating them. Thus, the political is always to some extent a corrupted order of justice. Emmanuel Levinas' work presents in its focus on the face-to-face relationship a means of rethinking how to make the political more open to compassionate justice. Though Levinas himself doesn't sufficiently take on this question, I argue that his work facilitates a way of thinking about commiserative shame that provides a means to connect the face-to-face to its potential effects in the political sphere. If such shame isn't ignored or bypassed, it produces an unsettling relation to the other that in its adversity motivates a kind of responsibility and care for the other that can alter the public sphere
Criminology · Economic Justice · Feeling · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Realm · Shame · Social science · Sociology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Law · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |