TY - BOOK AU - Sessler,Tal AU - Levy,Eylon TI - Leibowitz and Levinas: between Judaism and universalism SN - 9781644698556 AV - B5800 .S47 2008 U1 - 181.06 23/eng/20220711 PY - 2022/// CY - Brookline, MA PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Leibovitz, Yeshayahou, KW - Lévinas, Emmanuel, KW - Leibowitz, Yeshayahu, KW - Lévinas, Emmanuel KW - Lévinas, Emmanuel. KW - Jewish philosophy KW - 20th century KW - Zionism KW - Philosophie juive KW - 20e siècle KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Holocaust KW - JEwish thinkers KW - Jewish Studies KW - Religious Studies KW - intellectual history KW - philosophy KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3290825 ER -