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Pollock argues that Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption is devoted to the philosophical task of grasping 'the All' - the whole of what is - as a system.
List of contents
Introduction: The Star of Redemption as 'system of philosophy'; 1. System as task of philosophy: 'the oldest system-program of German idealism'; 2. 'A twofold relation to the absolute': the genesis of Rosenzweig's concept of system; 3. Alls or nothings: the starting-point of Rosenzweig's system; 4. 'The genuine notion of revelation': relations, reversals, and the human being in the middle of the system; 5. Seeing stars: the vision of the all and the completion of the system; Conclusion: the all and the everyday.
About the author
Benjamin Pollock is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University. He is author of articles in the philosophy of religion and in modern Jewish philosophy appearing in AJS Review, Jewish Studies Quarterly, and other leading journals, and he is co-editor with Michael Morgan of The Philosopher as Witness: Fackenheim and Responses to the Holocaust.
Summary
Benjamin Pollock argues that Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption is devoted to the task of grasping 'the All' - the whole of what is - in the form of a system, and that it at once calls on its readers to realize in their concrete decisions, actions, and relations the very same 'All' which they can come to know.
