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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450276503321

Autore

Benjamin Andrew E.

Titolo

Present hope : philosophy, architecture, Judaism / / Andrew Benjamin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-78439-2

1-280-14398-3

0-203-98068-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Hope

Jews - Germany - Intellectual life

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 HOPE AT THE PRESENT; 2 TIME AND TASK; 3 SHOAH, REMEMBRANCE AND THE ABEYANCE OF FATE; 4 AWAKENING FROM TRAGEDY; 5 THE ARCHITECTURE OF HOPE; 6 CONTINUING WITH POETRY; 7 CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Present Hope develops a fascinating philosophical understanding of the present, via discussions of the nature of historical time, the philosophy of history, memory, and the role of tragedy.