Edith Stein''s Life in a Jewish Family, 18911916 - A Companion

Joyce Avrech Berkman interprets Edith Stein's autobiography as time and space bound, yet arrestingly transgressive. She probes the origins, nature, and afterlife of Stein's work, which sheds light on Stein's response to Nazi antisemitism and the roots of her key philosophical and spiritual concerns.

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By Joyce Avrech Berkman

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Joyce Avrech Berkman interprets Edith Stein’s autobiography as time and space bound, yet arrestingly transgressive. She probes the origins, nature, and afterlife of Stein’s work, which sheds light on Stein’s response to Nazi antisemitism and the roots of her key philosophical and spiritual concerns.

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• Authors: Joyce Avrech Berkman
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781666912494
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-249-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Edith Stein Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, HISTORY / Women, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Judaism: life & practice, Social and cultural history, Judaism: life and practice, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism