By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. As Benjamin makes clear the 'Other' is never abstract. He underscores the means by which the ethical imperative, arising from the way the history of philosophy and the history of art are constructed, shows us how to respond to an already identified, even if unacknowledged, determinant other.
- ISBN10 6612749792
- ISBN13 9786612749797
- Publish Date 8 April 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Edinburgh University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 209
- Language English