{"product_id":"unforeseen-history","title":"Unforeseen History","description":"Emmanuel Levinas (1906-95) placed ethics at the foundation of philosophy; during his life, which spanned almost the entire twentieth century, he witnessed devastating events that could not have been more demanding of that philosophical stance.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnforeseen History\u003c\/i\u003e covers the years 1929-92, providing a wide overview of Levinas's work-–especially his views on aesthetics and Judaism--offering examples of his precise thinking at work in small essays, long essays, and interviews.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The earliest essays in \u003ci\u003eUnforeseen History\u003c\/i\u003e discuss phenomenology, a subject Levinas introduced to a great many French thinkers, including Jean-Paul Sartre. In his prescient 1934 essay \"Some Thoughts on the Philosophy of Hitlerism,\" moreover, he confronted a philosophy that had yet to manifest itself fully in cataclysm.\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258714181976,"sku":"9780252028830","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252028830.jpg?v=1779258636","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/unforeseen-history","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}