LEADER 03537cam 22005298i 4500001 on1148871538 003 OCoLC 005 20210503110912.0 008 200615s2021 inu b 001 0 eng 010 2020027348 019 1148905943 020 9780253054548 020 9780253054531 |q(hardback) 020 0253054532 020 0253054540 020 |z9780253054555 |q(ebook) 035 (Sirsi) o1148871538 035 (OCoLC)1148871538 |z(OCoLC)1148905943 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 050 00 BM565 |b.S463 2021 082 00 181/.06 |223 100 1 Shuster, Martin, |eauthor. |=^A1257737 245 10 How to measure a world? : |ba philosophy of Judaism / |cMartin Shuster. 263 2104 264 1 Bloomington : |bIndiana University Press, |c2021. 300 pages cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 New Jewish philosophy and thought 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 I. Having a world -- 1. Wonder and world: Maimonides's phenomenology -- 2. Suffering and world: Adorno's negativity -- II. Preconditions of having a world -- 3. History and world: Benjamin and Adorno on ethical depth -- 4. Language and world: Levinas and Cavell on ethical foundations. 520 "What does it mean to wonder in awe or terror about the world? How do you philosophically understand Judaism? In How to Measure a World?: A Philosophy of Judaism, Martin Shuster provides answers to these questions and more. Emmanuel Levinas suggested that Judaism is best understood as an anachronism. Shuster attempts to make sense of this claim by alternatively considering questions of the inscrutability of ultimate reality, of the pain and commonness of human suffering, and of the ways in which Judaism is entangled with the world. Drawing on phenomenology and Jewish thought, Shuster offers novel readings of some of the classic figures of Jewish philosophy while inserting other voices into the tradition, from Moses Maimonides to Theodor W. Adorno to Walter Benjamin to Stanley Cavell. How to Measure a World? examines elements of the Jewish philosophical record to get at the full intellectual scope and range of Levinas's proposal. Shuster's view of anachronism thereby provokes an assessment of the world and our place in it. A particular understanding of Jewish philosophy emerges, not only through the traditions it encompasses, but also through an understanding of the relationship between humans and their world. In the end, Levinas's suggestion is examined theoretically as much as practically, revealing what's at stake for Judaism as much as for the world"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Judaism |xPhilosophy. |=^A25946 650 0 Jewish philosophy |y21st century. |=^A1272978 650 7 Jewish philosophy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01730516 650 7 Judaism |xPhilosophy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00984360 648 7 2000-2099 |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version:Shuster, Martin, |tHow to measure a world? |dBloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021. |z9780253054555 |w(DLC) 2020027349 830 0 New Jewish philosophy and thought. |=^A1325831 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s25.00 |uJREL |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5580032