Quest for life : a study in Aharon David Gordon's philosophy of man in nature / Yossi Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Joseph Aaron, author.

Series:

Emunot.

Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy.

Labor Zionists.

Gordon, Aaron David, 1856-1922.

Gordon, Aaron David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2020]

Summary:

Quest for Life: A Study in Aharon David Gordon’s Philosophy of Man in Nature is a study of the life and work of one of the most interesting, original and creative Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Among its various goals, this work is intended to familiarize the English reading public with Gordon’s philosophy, which was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century, in the Land of Israel, in Hebrew. Following previous scholarship, it demonstrates the role played by the experience of the pioneering community in Israel in the early 1900s in the development of Gordon’s thought. But it intends, even beyond this particular historical context, to examine its repercussions with respect to contemporary civilization. In this context, the present work suggests the “quest for life,” embedded in the philosophical writings of labor pioneer and philosopher Aharon David Gordon, as the basis for a possible re-evaluation of such topics as the meaning of human life, Jewish peoplehood and alternative approaches to the idea of a Jewish homeland and the State of Israel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: A Quest for Life: Historical and Biographical Background

Introduction

Chapter III: Gordon’s Philosophy as a Response to Kant, Nietzsche, and Marx

Chapter IV: The Foundations of A. D. Gordon’s Philosophy of Man in Nature: Life, Self, and Experience

Chapter V: Critique of Society and Civilization

Chapter VI: Religion, Family, and the Ethic of Ecological Responsibility

Chapter VII: The National Self in Aḥad Ha’am, Brenner, and Gordon

Chapter VIII: Self-Realization as Self-Education

Chapter IX: Freedom and Equality in Gordon’s Ideas on the Founding of a Workers’ Settlement

Chapter X: Zionism and Diaspora Jewry

Chapter XI: Jews and Arabs

Chapter XII: National Individuality as a Condition of Universal Humanity

Conclusion

Postscript: Contemporary Repercussions

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names and Places

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-64469-378-X

1-64469-313-5

OCLC:

1147959438