TY - BOOK AU - Hughes,Aaron W. TI - Rethinking Jewish philosophy: beyond particularism and universalism SN - 9780199356829 AV - B154 .H84 2014eb U1 - 181/.06 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Derrida, Jacques KW - Jewish philosophy KW - Judaism and philosophy KW - Philosophie juive KW - Judaïsme et philosophie KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Jüdische Philosophie KW - gnd KW - Judisk filosofi KW - sao KW - Judendom KW - Filosofi KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: occupation -- Impossibilities -- Irreconcilability -- Kaddish -- Authoritarianism: a case study -- Rosenzweig's patient -- Beyond N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=675353 ER -