Modern Jewish thought on crisis : interpretation, heresy, and history / edited by Ghilad H. Shenhav, Cedric Cohen-Skalli, and Gilad Sharvit.
| Other author | Shenhav, Ghilad H., editor. |
| Other author | Cohen Skalli, Cedric editor. |
| Other author | Sharvit, Gilad, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Berlin : De Gruyter, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xii, 324 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Religiöse Positionierungen in Judentum, Christentum und Islam |
| Contents | Foreword to the Series -- Foreword of the editors in light of the events of October 7, 2023 -- Introduction / Ghilad H. Shenhav, Gilad Sharvit, Cedric Cohen-Skalli -- Part One: Interpretation . Mashber: Crisis, Birth, Hebrew Version / Galili Shahar -- The Crisis of Democracy and the Turn to Tradition: Habermas and Benjamin / Ori Rotlevy -- Crisis, Decision, and Deferral: German-Jewish Thinkers vs. Carl Schmitt / Vivian Liska -- Derrida and Levinas on Political Hospitality / Annabel Herzog -- On the Crisis of Jewish Law: Auerbach, Luther, and Realism / Karen S. Feldman -- Part Two: Heresy and Rupture. The Theologico-Political Predicament, Zionism, and the Crisis of Heresy: Leo Strauss and Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar / Shaul Magid -- Prophetic Politics: Back to Theology / Yotam Yzraely -- Between Betrayal and Innovation: Scholem on the Marrano Crisis of Tradition / Agata Bielik-Robson -- Talking with Heretics: Tracing a Theme in Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem and Classical Rabbinic Literature / Daniel H. Weiss -- Part Three: History. Leo Strauss in Paris 1933: A Missed Opportunity for a Dialogical Understanding of the Crisis of Liberalism / Cedric Cohen-Skalli -- Death and the Infinitization of Finitude: Negation and the Ethical Crisis of Modernity in Edith Wyschogrod's Postmodern Hermeneutic / Elliot R. Wolfson -- The "Hermeneutic Triangle" of Modern Judaism: "God," "History," and "Meaning" / Ronny Miron -- Is Jewish Exile a Crisis? Zionism, Modern Jewish Thought, and the Historical Dynamics of the Term / Gilad Sharvit. |
| Abstract | This volume brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the intersections between crisis, scholarship, and action. The aim of this book is to think about the "moment of crisis," through the concepts, writings, and methodologies awarded to us by Jewish thinkers in modernity. This book offers a broad gallery of accounts on the notion of crisis in Jewish modernity while emphasizing three terms: interpretation, heresy, and messianism. The main thesis of the volume is that the diasporic and exilic experience of the Jewish people turned their philosophers and theologians into "experts in crisis management" who had to find resources within their own religion, culture and traditions in order to react, endure and overcome short- and long-term historical crises. The underlining assumption of this book is therefore that Jewish thought obtains resources for conceptualizing and reacting to the current forms of crisis in the global, European, and Israeli spheres. The volume addresses a large readership in humanities, social and political sciences and religious studies, taking as its assumption that scholars in modern Jewish thought have an extended responsibility to engage in contemporary debates.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Biographical note | Ghilad H. Shenhav, LMU Munich, Germany; Cedric Cohen-Skalli, Haifa University, Israel; Gilad Sharvit, Towson University, Maryland, USA. |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Modern Jewish thought on crisis. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2024] 3111342824 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9783111342825 |
| ISBN | 3111342824 |
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