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Rethinking Jewish philosophy : beyond particularism and universalism / Aaron W. Hughes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780199356829
  • 0199356823
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking Jewish philosophyDDC classification:
  • 181/.06 23
LOC classification:
  • B154 .H84 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: occupation -- Impossibilities -- Irreconcilability -- Kaddish -- Authoritarianism: a case study -- Rosenzweig's patient -- Beyond.
Summary: Breaking with received opinion, this book seeks to challenge the exclusionary, essentialist, and even totalitarian nature that is inherent to the practice of what is problematically referred to as 'Jewish philosophy'. Hughes begins with the premise that Jewish philosophy, as it is presently conceived, is impossible. He then begins the process of offering a sophisticated and constructive rethinking of the discipline that avoids the traditional extremes of universalism and particularism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: occupation -- Impossibilities -- Irreconcilability -- Kaddish -- Authoritarianism: a case study -- Rosenzweig's patient -- Beyond.

Print version record.

Breaking with received opinion, this book seeks to challenge the exclusionary, essentialist, and even totalitarian nature that is inherent to the practice of what is problematically referred to as 'Jewish philosophy'. Hughes begins with the premise that Jewish philosophy, as it is presently conceived, is impossible. He then begins the process of offering a sophisticated and constructive rethinking of the discipline that avoids the traditional extremes of universalism and particularism.