{"product_id":"forgiveness-9780226045658","title":"Forgiveness","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vladimir Jankélévitch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosopher Vladimir Jank�l�vitch 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 L�vinas, and Paul Ricoeur. His international readers have long valued his unique, interdisciplinary approach to philosophy's greatest questions and his highly readable writing style. Originally published in 1967, \u003ci\u003eLe Pardon, \u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eForgiveness, \u003c\/i\u003e is one of Jank�l�vitch'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 heinous as the Holocaust. Like so many of Jank�l�vitch's works, \u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e 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 masterfully captures Jank�l�vitch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions. \u003ci\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential part of that legacy, and this indispensable English translation provides key tools for understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47598012989591,"sku":"9780226045658","price":3624.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226045658.webp?v=1774999401","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/forgiveness-9780226045658","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}