LEADER 03481nam 22006135 450 001 9910686472703321 005 20251009082229.0 010 $a9783031273919 010 $a3031273915 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-27391-9 035 $a(CKB)5840000000241936 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-27391-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7236670 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7236670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7235379 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000241936 100 $a20230406d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLight Through the Crack $eThe Meaning of Life in the Face of Adversity /$fby Avi Sagi 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 213 p.) 311 08$a9783031273902 311 08$a3031273907 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Essay on the Crack -- Chapter 3: The Ethics of a Solidary Stand in an Epidemic: Thoughts on The Plague -- Chapter 4: From Solipsism to Being with the Other -- Chapter 5: Epidemics, Rebellion, and Faith -- Chapter 6: Guilt, Responsibility, and Interpersonal Relations -- Chapter 7: Bereavement and Moral Birth: On Jacob?s Moral Development -- Chapter 8: Suffering, Compassion, and Consolation: Reflections on Aharon Appelfeld?s Writings -- Chapter 9: The Thou-?Other? Dialogue: On Distance and Closeness. Chapter 10: Epilogue. 330 $aAn epidemic such as COVID-19 challenges life?s very order and meaning, interferes in our relations with others, and breaks apart our routine. It raises many questions in the realms of ethics, politics, theology, psychology, and beyond. Perhaps more than anything else, it prompts us to ponder: what does this encounter with widespread anguish and distress imply about the human self-perception as sovereign rulers of Earthly life? In this book, renowned thinker Avi Sagi explores the existential matters brought to the philosophical fore by the pandemic. He shows how we, when thrown into the terror of a crisis, carry the traditions, values, ideals, hopes, failures, and habits that constitute our lives, all shaping the way we grapple with questions seemingly resolved. We may then find that the crack that opens up at times of sorrow can also be a moment of discovery. Sagi analyzes various ways of confronting the crack now at the heart of our existence. What emerges is a clear normative statement: We are not only what we were but also what we can be, and we can create a world of meaning by standing together with others. 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aJudaism$xDoctrines 606 $aSocial sciences 606 $aIntercultural Philosophy and Religious Traditions 606 $aJewish Theology 606 $aSociety 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aJudaism$xDoctrines. 615 0$aSocial sciences. 615 14$aIntercultural Philosophy and Religious Traditions. 615 24$aJewish Theology. 615 24$aSociety. 676 $a296.3 676 $a296.3 700 $aSagi$b Abraham$01097613 702 $aStein$b Batya 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910686472703321 996 $aLight through the crack$93419304 997 $aUNINA