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Record Nr.

UNISA996201336503316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to modern Jewish philosophy / / edited by Michael L. Morgan, Peter Eli Gordon [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-139-81675-6

1-139-00148-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 382 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to religion

Disciplina

181/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Philosophy, Moder

Judaism - History - Modern period, 1750-

Jewish philosophers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Baruch Spinoza and the naturalization of Judaism / Steven Nadler -- Liberalism of Moses Mendelssohn / Allan Arkush -- Jewish philosophy after Kant / Paul W. Franks -- Hermann Cohen / Andrea Poma -- Self, other, text, God / / Tamra Wright -- Franz Rosenzweig and the philosophy of Jewish existence / Peter Eli Gordon -- Leo Strauss and moden Jewish thought / Steven B. Smith -- Messianism and modern Jewish philosophy / Pierre Bouretz -- Ethics, authority, and autonomy / Kenneth Seeskin -- Joseph Soloveitchik and Halakhic man / Lawrence J. Kaplan -- Emmanuel Levinas / Richard A. Cohen -- Emil Fackenheim, the Holocaust, and philosophy / Michael L. Morgan -- Evil, suffering, and the Holocaust / Berel Lang -- Revelation, language, and commentary / Leora Batnitzky -- Feminism and modern Jewish philosophy / Tamar Rudavsky.

Sommario/riassunto

Modern Jewish philosophy emerged in the seventeenth century, with the impact of the new science and modern philosophy on thinkers who were reflecting upon the nature of Judaism and Jewish life. This collection of essays examines the work of several of the most important of these figures, from the seventeenth to the late-twentieth centuries, and addresses themes central to the tradition of modern Jewish



philosophy: language and revelation, autonomy and authority, the problem of evil, messianism, the influence of Kant, and feminism. Included are essays on Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, Fackenheim, Soloveitchik, Strauss, and Levinas. Other thinkers discussed include Maimon, Benjamin, Derrida, Scholem, and Arendt. The sixteen original essays are written by a world-renowned group of scholars especially for this volume and give a broad and rich picture of the tradition of modern Jewish philosophy over a period of four centuries.