The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought : Levinas, Derrida, Scholem /
Wolosky, Shira
The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought : Levinas, Derrida, Scholem / Shira Wolosky. - 1 online resource (X, 237 p.) - Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts , 22 2199-6962 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: People of the Letter -- Chapter 1. The Hebraism of Nietzsche: Metaphysical Critique and the Claims of Language -- Chapter 2. Interpretation Beyond Theology -- Chapter 3. Derrida and Judaic Lettrism: Affirming Language, Negating Theology -- Chapter 4. Levinasian Un/Saying and The Names of God -- Chapter 5. Two Types of Negative Theology -- Chapter 6. Gershom Scholem’s Language Mysticism -- Chapter 7. Tzimtzum -- Chapter 8. Discourse Ethics and Normative Difference -- Primary Texts and Abbreviations -- Index
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Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language in many form – texts, books and scrolls; learning, interpretation, material practices that generate material practices – are central to Judaic conduct, experience, and spirituality. In this Judaic traditions differ from philosophical and theological ones that make language secondary. Traditional metaphysics has privileged the immaterial and unchanging, as unchanging truth that language can at best convey and at worst distort. Such traditional metaphysics has come under critique since Nietzsche in ways that the author explores. Shira Wolosky argues that Judaic traditions converge with contemporary metaphysical critique rather than being its target. Focusing on the work of Derrida, Levinas, Scholem and others, the author examines traditions of Judaic interpretation against backgrounds of biblical exegesis; sign-theory as it recasts language meaning in ways that concord with Judaic textuality; negative theology as it differs in Judaic tradition from those which negate language itself; and lastly outline a discourse ethics that draws on Judaic language theory. This study is directed to students and scholars of: Judaic thought, religious studies and theology; theory of interpretation; Levinas and other modern Jewish philosophical writers, placing them in broader contexts of philosophy, theology, and language theory. It is shown how Jewish discourses on language address urgent problems of value and norms in the contemporary world that has challenged traditional anchors of truth and meaning.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111168630 9783111169279 9783111168760
10.1515/9783111168760 doi
Jewish philosophy--20th century.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Judaism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
Emmanuel Levinas. Jewish Thought. Postmodernism.
100
The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought : Levinas, Derrida, Scholem / Shira Wolosky. - 1 online resource (X, 237 p.) - Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts , 22 2199-6962 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: People of the Letter -- Chapter 1. The Hebraism of Nietzsche: Metaphysical Critique and the Claims of Language -- Chapter 2. Interpretation Beyond Theology -- Chapter 3. Derrida and Judaic Lettrism: Affirming Language, Negating Theology -- Chapter 4. Levinasian Un/Saying and The Names of God -- Chapter 5. Two Types of Negative Theology -- Chapter 6. Gershom Scholem’s Language Mysticism -- Chapter 7. Tzimtzum -- Chapter 8. Discourse Ethics and Normative Difference -- Primary Texts and Abbreviations -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language in many form – texts, books and scrolls; learning, interpretation, material practices that generate material practices – are central to Judaic conduct, experience, and spirituality. In this Judaic traditions differ from philosophical and theological ones that make language secondary. Traditional metaphysics has privileged the immaterial and unchanging, as unchanging truth that language can at best convey and at worst distort. Such traditional metaphysics has come under critique since Nietzsche in ways that the author explores. Shira Wolosky argues that Judaic traditions converge with contemporary metaphysical critique rather than being its target. Focusing on the work of Derrida, Levinas, Scholem and others, the author examines traditions of Judaic interpretation against backgrounds of biblical exegesis; sign-theory as it recasts language meaning in ways that concord with Judaic textuality; negative theology as it differs in Judaic tradition from those which negate language itself; and lastly outline a discourse ethics that draws on Judaic language theory. This study is directed to students and scholars of: Judaic thought, religious studies and theology; theory of interpretation; Levinas and other modern Jewish philosophical writers, placing them in broader contexts of philosophy, theology, and language theory. It is shown how Jewish discourses on language address urgent problems of value and norms in the contemporary world that has challenged traditional anchors of truth and meaning.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783111168630 9783111169279 9783111168760
10.1515/9783111168760 doi
Jewish philosophy--20th century.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Judaism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
Emmanuel Levinas. Jewish Thought. Postmodernism.
100