LEADER 04530nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910789814703321 005 20230207214058.0 010 $a1-283-00851-3 010 $a9786613008510 010 $a0-231-52679-2 024 7 $a10.7312/mont15300 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079709 035 $a(EBL)908811 035 $a(OCoLC)818856372 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486507 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12211748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486507 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430783 035 $a(PQKB)10040788 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000455039 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908811 035 $a(DE-B1597)459146 035 $a(OCoLC)979739702 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526791 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908811 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10449821 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL300851 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079709 100 $a20100701d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA philosophical retrospective$b[electronic resource] $efacts, values, and Jewish identity /$fAlan Montefiore 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia themes in philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-15300-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Facts and Values? --$t2. Identity, Responsibility, and Belonging --$t3. Jewish Identity 1: "choosing our identity"? --$t4. Jewish Identity 2: the universal and the particular --$t5. Jewish Identity 3: a purely secular version? --$t6. An Attempt at Pulling Together Some Threads- and an Inconclusive Conclusion --$t7. Some Extended Postscripts --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAs a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carried with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view, emphasized by his studies in philosophy, according to which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact whatever the alleged facts may be to "judgments of value." According to this second view, individuals must in the end take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. In this book, Montefiore looks back on his attempts to understand the nature of this conflict and the misunderstandings it may engender. In the process, he illustrates through personal experience the practical implications of a characteristically philosophical issue. Montefiore finally settles on the following: while everyone has to accept that facts, including those of their own situation, are whatever they may be, both the "traditional" assumption that individuals must recognize certain values and obligations as rooted in those very facts, and the contrary view that individuals are ultimately responsible for determining their own values, are deeply embedded in differing conceptions of society and its relation to its members. Montefiore then examines the misunderstandings between those for whom identity constitutes in effect a conceptual bridge connecting the facts of who and what a person may be to the value commitments incumbent upon them, and those for whom the very idea of such a bridge can be nothing but a confusion. Using key examples from the notoriously vexed case of Jewish identity and from his own encounters with its conflicting meanings and implications, Montefiore depicts the practical significance of the differences between these worldviews, particularly for those who hove to negotiate them. 410 0$aColumbia themes in philosophy. 606 $aJews$xIdentity 606 $aIdentity (Philosophical concept)$xSocial aspects 606 $aIdentity (Psychology)$xSocial aspects 606 $aSelf-perception$xSocial aspects 615 0$aJews$xIdentity. 615 0$aIdentity (Philosophical concept)$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology)$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSelf-perception$xSocial aspects. 676 $a305.892/4 700 $aMontefiore$b Alan$0169764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789814703321 996 $aA philosophical retrospective$93679480 997 $aUNINA