Fackenheim''s Jewish Philosophy - An Introduction

Fackenheim’s Jewish Philosophy explores the most important themes of Fackenheim’s philosophical and religious thought and how these remained central, if not always in immutable ways, over his entire career.

List of contents

Introduction

I. Can There Be Judaism Without Revelation?

II. Selfhood and Freedom: From Situated Agency to the Hermeneutical Self

III. Philosophy after Auschwitz: the Primacy of the Ethical

IV. Fackenheim’s Return to Kant

V. The Hegelian Dimension in Fackenheim’s Thought

VI. Redemption, Messianism, and the State of Israel

VII. History and Thought: Meaning and Dialectic

VIII. The Midrash and Its Framework: Before and After Auschwitz

IX. The Voice of the Jewish Philosopher

X. Fackenheim’s Legacy: Resources for Mending the World

About the author

Michael L. Morgan is Chancellor’s Professor emeritus of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, the Goldsmith Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at Yale University, the Grafstein Visiting Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and Honorary Professor of the Australian Catholic University.

Summary

Fackenheim's Jewish Philosophy explores the most important themes of Fackenheim's philosophical and religious thought and how these remained central, if not always in immutable ways, over his entire career.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Morgan, Michael L Morgan, Michael L. Morgan
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781442612662
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1266-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies; Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Seri; The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous