Violence and Messianism: Jewish Philosophy and the Great Conflicts of the Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9780367888503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 132 str.

Petar Bojanic

Opis

This book looks at how some of the figures of the so-called Renaissance of "Jewish" philosophy between the two world wars - Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin and Martin Buber - grappled with problems of violence, revolution and war. 

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Violence and Illness. Figures of the Other, Figures of Hegel  2. Translating War into Peace: Quid pro Quo  3. Love of the Enemy  4. Grounds for War  5. Pazifistischer Zug  6. "That Aftertaste of Violence:" Violence against Violence  7. Sacrifice: Word, Institution, Institutionalization  8. "Divine Violence," "Radical Violence" – Korah’s Rebellion  9. Victory

O autorze

Petar Bojanić is the director of the Institute for Philosophy, University of Belgrade and the Center for Advanced Studies, University of Rijeka. He has published books and articles in many different languages, coedited Semantics of Statebuilding (Routledge, 2014). He has also held numerous fellowships and visiting professorships in Europe and the USA.