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Book SynopsisA series of closely related essays on the philosophical and theological work of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas. The author describes how they articulated a responsible humanism and a new enlightenment which placed moral obligation to the other above all other human concerns.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1: Jewish Election in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig 2: Authentic Self and History: An Alternative to Heidegger 3: Rosenzweig versus Nietzsche 4: Rosenzweig contra Buber: Personal Pronouns 5: Emmanuel Levinas: Philosopher and Jew 6: On Temporality and Time 7: Non-in-difference 8: G-d in Levinas: The Justification of Justice and Philosophy 9: The Metaphysics of Gender 10: Levinas, Rosenzweig, and the Phenomenologies of Husserl and Heidegger 11: The Face of Truth and Jewish Mysticism 12: Absolute Positivity and Ultrapositivity: Beyond Husserl 13: On the Suffering of Meaning: Levinas "Outside" Heidegger's "Threshold" through Rosenzweig's "Gate" 14: Derrida's (Mal)reading of Levinas Bibliography Index
