Gagarin Sixty Years Later: Earth and Place after Heidegger and Levinas
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In this article I re-examine the well-known distinction between rootedness and uprootedness that Emmanuel Levinas draws in his short text “Heidegger, Gagarin and Us” (1961). This distinction addresses the relation between men and place either as an attachment to place (paganism, Heidegger) or as a freedom with regard to place (Judaism, Gagarin). I question this opposition from a contemporary perspective in environmental philosophy, namely from the growing awareness of the interconnectedness between place and Earth. I contend that this new perspective changes the understanding of dwelling today because of Earth’s exteriority with regard to place. I argue that this exteriority is neither infinite nor a totality.
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Gagarin Sixty Years Later: Earth and Place after Heidegger and Levinas
In: The Journal of Jewish Thought and PhilosophySearch for other papers by Arthur Cools in
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Google Scholar
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Abstract
In this article I re-examine the well-known distinction between rootedness and uprootedness that Emmanuel Levinas draws in his short text “Heidegger, Gagarin and Us” (1961). This distinction addresses the relation between men and place either as an attachment to place (paganism, Heidegger) or as a freedom with regard to place (Judaism, Gagarin). I question this opposition from a contemporary perspective in environmental philosophy, namely from the growing awareness of the interconnectedness between place and Earth. I contend that this new perspective changes the understanding of dwelling today because of Earth’s exteriority with regard to place. I argue that this exteriority is neither infinite nor a totality.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 373 | 323 | 97 |
| Full Text Views | 39 | 33 | 6 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 119 | 106 | 5 |