Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780521831031 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 256 str.

Martin Kavka

Opis

Martin Kavka challenges the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology (the doctrine of nonbeing) in one strand of the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. Kavka's study also offers new interpretations of important contributors to contemporary Continental philosophy. They critique arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Greek philosophy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, and the ethical importance of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.

Recenzje

'Martin Kavka's Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy combines an extraordinary breadth and depth of scholarship with a degree of living thinking and ethical passion that is indeed rare and wonderful. It is framed as a love letter, an invitation to conversation, addressed to a friend, a Rabbi, and to us, his readers. It is an invitation that I take personally.' Kenneth Reinhard, Journal of the History of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction: From Athens to Jerusalem; 1. The meontological conundrum: Emmanuel Levinas and Emil Fackenheim on the Athens-Jerusalem conflict; 2. Beyond 'beyond being': nonbeing in Plato and Husserl; 3. Nonbeing as not-yet-being: meontology in Maimonides and Hermann Cohen; 4. Nonbeing ensouled, nonbeing embodied: Levinas versus Rosenzweig on the role of the other in messianic anticipation; Conclusion. Deepening the roots of the Jewish meontological tradition or contra the Derridian 'Messianic'; Works cited; Index.