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Rethinking Jewish Philosophy

By Hughes, Aaron W.

Rethinking Jewish Philosophy

By Hughes, Aaron W.

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Jewish thought is, in many ways, a paradox. Is it theology or is it philosophy? Does it use universal methods to articulate Judaism's particularity or does it justify Judaism's particularity with appeals to illuminating the universal? These two sets of claims are difficult if not impossible to reconcile, and their tension reverberates throughout the length and breadth of Jewish philosophical writing, from Saadya Gaon in the ninth century to Emmanuel Levinas in the twentieth.

Rather than assume, as most scholars of Jewish philosophy do, that the terms "philosophy" and "Judaism" simply belong together, Hughes explores the juxtaposition and the creative tension that ensues from their cohabitation, examining adroitly the historical, cultural, intellectual, and religious filiations between Judaism and philosophy. Breaking with received opinion, this book seeks to challenge the exclusionary, particularist, and essentialist nature that is inherent to the practice of something problematically referred to as "Jewish philosophy." Hughes begins with the premise that Jewish philosophy is impossible and begins the process of offering a sophisticated and constructive rethinking of the discipline that avoids the traditional extremes of universalism and particularism.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2014-02-03
Publication Date:
2014-02-03
Publisher:
OUP US
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199356815
ISBN13:
9780199356812
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Weight:
458 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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