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Leibowitz and Levinas : between Judaism and universalism / Tal Sessler ; translated by Eylon Levy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource (99 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781644698556
  • 1644698552
  • 9781644698549
  • 1644698544
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: Sessler, Tal.: Leibowitz and Levinas.DDC classification:
  • 181.06 23/eng/20220711
LOC classification:
  • B5800 .S47 2008
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
A portrait of the philosopher as a young man -- The 1930s : early writings -- The case against political Messianism and the philosophy of history -- Leibowitz, Levinas, and Zionism -- Mysticism under the guise of Musar.
Summary: Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. This book puts in dialogue these two titanic figures, particularly within the framework of their respective critiques of political theology, European totalitarianism, as well as their doctrinal approaches to the Zionist enterprise. This work constitutes a lens through which to reappraise some of the chief questions of contemporary Jewish identity, including the Holocaust, the State of Israel, Diaspora Jewry, modernity and traditionalism, as well as continuity and change.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)3290825

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A portrait of the philosopher as a young man -- The 1930s : early writings -- The case against political Messianism and the philosophy of history -- Leibowitz, Levinas, and Zionism -- Mysticism under the guise of Musar.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. This book puts in dialogue these two titanic figures, particularly within the framework of their respective critiques of political theology, European totalitarianism, as well as their doctrinal approaches to the Zionist enterprise. This work constitutes a lens through which to reappraise some of the chief questions of contemporary Jewish identity, including the Holocaust, the State of Israel, Diaspora Jewry, modernity and traditionalism, as well as continuity and change.

Translated from the Hebrew.