Philosophy and Jewish Thought : Theoretical Intersections.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fortis, Beniamino.

Contributor:

Rinner, Ellen.

Tittmar, Lars.

Series:

Jüdische Studien Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The relationship between philosophy and Jewish thought has often been a matter of lively discussion. But despite its long tradition and the variety of positions that have been taken in it, the debate is far from being closed and keeps meeting new challenges. So far, research on this topic has mostly been based on historically diachronic references, analogies, or contacts among philosophers and Jewish thinkers. The contributors to this volume, however, propose another way to advance the debate: Rather than adopting a historical approach, they consider the intersections of philosophy and Jewish thought from a theoretical perspective.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

The Legitimacy of Jewish Modernity: Gershom Scholem’s Critique and Reconstruction of Jewish Enlightenment and Science of Judaism from the Spirit of Mystical Gnosticism

Thinking within the Lehrhaus Collective: Franz Rosenzweig on Jewish Thought and the Everyday

The Tail or the String of the Kite? Hans-Georg Gadamer, Steven S. Schwarzschild, and Jewish Hermeneutics

Idolatry and Freedom: Erich Fromm’s View

Standstill in Utopia: Walter Benjamin’s Philosophy of History and the Ban on Images

The Approach of an Inverse Theology: A Commentary on the Aesthetic Dimension of the Jewish Prohibition of Idolatry, particularly in Adorno’s and Benjamin’s Philosophical Thinking

“A Singular Dossier of the Undiscovered”: Intersections between Hans Blumenberg and Aby Warburg

“One Ought to Pray, Day and Night, for the Thousands”: Etty Hillesum’s Approach to Prayer and Hasidic Thought

Literary Aspects of Philosophical Writing: The Case of Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed

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Notes:

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ISBN:

9783839472927

383947292X

OCLC:

1482262659

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access