Other others : the political after the Talmud / Sergey Dolgopolski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolgopolʹskiĭ, S. B. (Sergeĭ Borisovich), author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talmud--Philosophy.

Talmud.

Antisemitism--Philosophy.

Antisemitism.

Subjectivity--Philosophy.

Subjectivity.

Political theology.

Jews--Public opinion--History.

Jews.

Reasoning.

Jews--Public opinion.

Philosophy.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Dolgopolski introduces to political theory the concept of "other others," those earthly extraterrestrials who are not and cannot be marked as bearing any "original" belonging to a recognized land. Moving between the modern political figure of "Jew" and the late ancient texts of the Talmud, the book ultimately arrives at a demand to think earth anew, beyond notions of territory, land, nationalism or internationalism, or even universe that have hitherto defined it. At the junction of classical rabbinic thought and contemporary political theory, Dolgopolski seeks to expand the horizon for thinking earth in the face of each new challenge and each new responsibility that greets us"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Earth anew: a preface

Introduction: Humans, Jews, and the other others

Part I. Modern impasses. 1. The question of the political: back to where you once belonged? ; 2. Jews, in theory

Part II. The Talmud as the political. 3. Talmudic self-refutation (interpersonality I) ; 4. Conceptions of the human (interpersonality II): the limits of regret ; 5. Apodictic irony and the production of well-structured uncertainty: Tosafot Gornish and the Talmud as the political after Kant

Part III. The political for other others. 6. Formally human (Jewish responses to Kant I) ; 7. Mis-taking in Halakha and Aggadah (Jewish responses to Kant II) ; 8. The earth for the other others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780823280186

0823280187

9780823280193

0823280195

OCLC:

1002821382