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Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. This book puts in dialogue these two titanic figures, particularly within the framework of their respective critiques of political theology, European totalitarianism, as well as their doctrinal approaches to the Zionist enterprise. This work constitutes a lens through which to reappraise some of the chief questions of contemporary Jewish identity, including the Holocaust, the State of Israel, Diaspora Jewry, modernity and traditionalism, as well as continuity and change.



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Introduction

1. A Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man

2. The 1930s—Early Writings

3. The Case against Political Messianism and the Philosophy of History

4. Leibowitz, Levinas, and Zionism

5. Mysticism Under the Guise of Musar

Afterword


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      Publisher: Academic Studies Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781644698532, 978-1644698532
      ISBN10: 1644698536
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. This book puts in dialogue these two titanic figures, particularly within the framework of their respective critiques of political theology, European totalitarianism, as well as their doctrinal approaches to the Zionist enterprise. This work constitutes a lens through which to reappraise some of the chief questions of contemporary Jewish identity, including the Holocaust, the State of Israel, Diaspora Jewry, modernity and traditionalism, as well as continuity and change.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1. A Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man

      2. The 1930s—Early Writings

      3. The Case against Political Messianism and the Philosophy of History

      4. Leibowitz, Levinas, and Zionism

      5. Mysticism Under the Guise of Musar

      Afterword


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