An Introduction to Modern Jewish Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Claire Elise Katz is Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University. A specialist in contemporary Jewish thought, philosophy of religion, feminist theory and French philosophy, she has written and edited Levinas, Judaism, and the Feminine: The Silent Footsteps of Rebecca (2003); Emmanuel Levinas: Critical Assessments, vols 1-4 (2005) and Levinas and the Crisis of Humanism (2013). Klappentext Situates modern Jewish philosophy in the cultural and intellectual context of its day! indicating how currents of British! French and German thought influenced its practitioners. This title addresses the ways in which being Jewish coloured their output. Zusammenfassung Situates modern Jewish philosophy in the cultural and intellectual context of its day, indicating how currents of British, French and German thought influenced its practitioners. This title addresses the ways in which being Jewish coloured their output. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsGlossaryPrefaceIntroduction: What is Jewish Philosophy?1 Mendelssohn and the Enlightened Mind2 From Modern to Post-modern: Hermann Cohen and Hannah Arendt3 Jewish Existentialism: Shestov, Buber, and Rosenzweig4 Emmanuel Levinas and Abraham Joshua Heschel: Response to Modernity5 The Limits of PhilosophyConcluding RemarksNotesReferences, Sources and Suggested ReadingIndex

Product details

• Authors: Claire Elise Katz, Katz Claire Elise
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 19.11.2013
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781848854888
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-488-8
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions (packing): 16.2 x 23.6 x 2.4 cm
• Series: Introductions to Religion
• Subjects: RELIGION / Judaism / General; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern; Judaism; Western philosophy from c 1800; Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -