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082			_a179.9 _bJAN
100			_aJankelevitch, Vladimir
245			_aForgiveness
260			_bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2005 _aLondon :
300			_axxvii, 175 p. ; _c24 cm.
365			_b99.00 _c$ _d89.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aPhilosopher Vladimir Jankelevitch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur. Yet Jankelevitch has long been known internationally for his unique perspective that draws from a range of disciplines outside the philosophical canon." "Originally published in 1967, Le Pardon, or Forgiveness, is one of Jankelevitch's most influential works. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing it - a controversial notion when considering events as emotionally charged as the Holocaust.. Like so many of Jankelevitch's works, Forgiveness transcends standard treatments of moral problems, not simply generating a treatise on one subject but incorporating discussions of topics such as free will, giving, creativity, and temporality. Translator Andrew Kelley here masterfully captures Jankelevitch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions. Forgiveness is an essential part of that legacy, and this long-overdue English translation will be an indispensable guide to understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.
650			_aReligion and Spirituality
650			_aPhilosophy
650			_aEthics and Moral Philosophy
650			_aForgiveness of sin
700			_aKelley, Andrew _etr.
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