Description: Revising Kant's account of the imperative, Alphonso Lingis elaborates a phenomenology of perception that brings out the order and ordinance inherent in the world we perceive. Not only our thought is governed by an imperative, as Kant had maintained, but, rather, our sensual, sensory, and emotional life is continually regulated by imperatives that come from the world around us. Through a series of phenomenological sketches drawn from life experiences, Lingis shows that there are directives in the natural world and in our interactions with others that shape our thought and behavior. In clear and intense language, The Imperative describes the many different kinds of phenomena that affect us and the ways in which they direct our perception, feeling, and action. Students of Kant, ethics, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind will find this imperative reading.

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