Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas philosophy and the politics of revelation / Leora Batnitzky.

Author/creator Batnitzky, Leora, 1966-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Strauss and Levinas between Athens and Jerusalem -- Levinas's defense of modern philosophy : how Strauss might respond -- "Freedom depends upon its bondage" : the shared debt to Franz Rosenzweig -- An irrationalist rationalism : Levinas's transformation of Hermann Cohen -- The possibility of premodern rationalism : Strauss's transformation of Hermann Cohen -- Against utopia : law and its limits -- Zionism and the discovery of prophetic politics -- Politics and hermeneutics : Strauss's and Levinas's retrieval of classical Jewish sources -- Revelation and commandment : Strauss, Levinas, and the theologico-political predicament.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-266) and index.
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LCCN 2005022907
ISBN052186156X
ISBN9780521861564

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