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Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology - the doctrine of nonbeing - from the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. For Emmanuel Levinas, as well as for Franz Rosenzweig, Hermann Cohen and Moses Maimonides, the Greek concept of nonbeing (understood as both lack and possibility) clarifies the meaning of Jewish life. These thinkers of 'Jerusalem' use 'Athens' for Jewish ends, justifying Jewish anticipation of a future messianic era as well as portraying the subjects intellectual and ethical acts as central in accomplishing redemption. This book envisions Jewish thought as an expression of the intimate relationship between Athens and Jerusalem. It also offers new readings of important figures in contemporary Continental philosophy, critiquing previous arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Plato in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas and the centrality of ethics in the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.

Jewish philosophy --- Messiah --- Nonbeing --- Philosophy --- Non-being --- Nothing (Philosophy) --- Ontology --- Judaism --- History --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Doctrines --- Lévinas, Emmanuel. --- Lévinas, Emmanuel --- Nonbeing. --- Judaism. --- Religious aspects --- History. --- Lévinas, Emmanuel --- Views on nonbeing. --- Lévinas, Emmanuel. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Levinas, Emmanuel

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Jewish law --- Jewish philosophy --- Judaism --- Rabbinical literature --- Philosophy --- Doctrines --- History and criticism --- Novak, David,

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Catastrophic scenarios dominate our contemporary mindset. Catastrophic events and predictions have spurred new interest in re-examining the history of earlier disasters and the social and conceptual resources they have mobilized. The essays gathered in this volume reconsider the history and theory of different catastrophes and their aftermath. The emphasis is on the need to distance this process of reconsideration from previous teleological representations of catastrophes as an endpoint, and to begin considering their "operative" aspects, which unmask the nature of social and political structures. Among the essays in this volume are analyses, by leading scholars in their respective fields, concerning the role of catastrophes in theology, in the history of industrial accidents, in theory of history, in the history of law, in "catastrophe films", in the history of cybernetics, in post-Holocaust discussions of reparations, and in climate change.

Disasters --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- History. --- Social aspects. --- History --- Social aspects --- E-books

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Since the Enlightenment period, German-Jewish intellectuals have been prominent voices in the multi-facetted discourse on the reinterpretation of Jewish tradition in light of modern thinking. Paul Mendes-Flohr, one of the towering figures of current scholarship on German-Jewish intellectual history, has made invaluable contributions to a better understanding of the religious, cultural and political dimensions of these thinkers' encounter with German and European culture, including the tension between their loyalty to Judaism and the often competing claims of non-Jewish society and culture. This volume assembles essays by internationally acknowledged scholars in the field who intend to honor Mendes-Flohr's work by portraying the abundance of religious, philosophical, aesthetical and political aspects dominating the thinking of those famous thinkers populating German Jewry's rich and complex intellectual world in the modern period. It also provides a fresh theoretical outlook on trends in Jewish intellectual history, raising new questions concerning the dialectics of assimilation. In addition to that, the volume sheds light on thinkers and debates that hitherto have not been accorded full scholarly attention.

Jewish philosophy --- Judaism and philosophy. --- Judaism --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Philosophy and Judaism --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Jewish --- Philosophy, Israeli --- History. --- Religion --- Judaism and philosophy --- History --- Jewish philosophy - Germany --- Judaism - Germany - History --- German-Jewish History. --- Jewish Intellectual History. --- Jewish Philosophy. --- Modern Judaism. --- Religious Philosophy.