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Witnesses for the Future: Philosophy and Messianism
Pierre Bouretz
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Description for Witnesses for the Future: Philosophy and Messianism
Hardback. Its significant bearing on a number of fields-including religious studies, literary criticism, philosophy of history, political theory, and Jewish studies-encourages scholars to rethink and reassess the intellectual developments of the past 100 years. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1482.
To the horrors of war and genocide in the twentieth century there were witnesses, among them Hermann Cohen, Emmanuel Levinas, Ernst Bloch, Leo Strauss, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem, Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber, and Hans Jonas. All defined themselves as Jews and philosophers. Their intellectual concerns and worldviews often in conflict, they nevertheless engaged in fruitful conversation: through the dialogue between Zionist activism and heterodox forms of Marxism, in the rediscovery of hidden traditions of Jewish history, at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics. They shared a common hope for a better, messianic future and a deep interest in and reliance ... Read more
To the horrors of war and genocide in the twentieth century there were witnesses, among them Hermann Cohen, Emmanuel Levinas, Ernst Bloch, Leo Strauss, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem, Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber, and Hans Jonas. All defined themselves as Jews and philosophers. Their intellectual concerns and worldviews often in conflict, they nevertheless engaged in fruitful conversation: through the dialogue between Zionist activism and heterodox forms of Marxism, in the rediscovery of hidden traditions of Jewish history, at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics. They shared a common hope for a better, messianic future and a deep interest in and reliance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
984
Condition
New
Number of Pages
984
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894503
SKU
V9780801894503
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About Pierre Bouretz
Pierre Bouretz is the director of studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in France, was coeditor of the journal Esprit, and is author of Les Promesses du Monde: Philosophie de Max Weber.
Reviews for Witnesses for the Future: Philosophy and Messianism
Not often does a book alter the intellectual landscape. But Pierre Bouretz's study of twentieth-century Messianic philosophy, of the interactions between Jewish and German religious, metaphysical, and social thought... does precisely that. Times Literary Supplement This well-researched and extensively annotated tome explores the thinking of nine late-19th and 20th-century, European educated, Jewish intellectuals (Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin, Gershom ... Read more