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Questioning Judaism

By Elisabeth Weber

Questioning Judaism book

Questioning Judaism

By Elisabeth Weber

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In the wake of the Dreyfus affair and the Shoah, many French intellectuals have maintained rich and complex relationships with Judaism, beyond as well as within the religious dimension. Whether they approach it via history, philosophy, biblical studies or sociology, or following a personal itinerary, many contemporary intellectuals are deeply involved in Jewish culture. Interviewed at length by Elisabeth Weber, this volume presents the meditations of seven well-known French thinkers on the special relations of their own intellectual pursuit to Judaism. As memory or as the place of "circumfession" (in Jacques Derrida's words), as the symbol of the "unrepresentable" (Jean-François Lyotard) or as the witness, according to Emmanuel Levinas, to a "biblical humanity," Judaism is continually engaged in renewing and displacing contemporary thought. The volume includes interviews with: Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jacques Derrida, Rita Thalmann, Emmanuel Levinas, Léon Poliakov, Jean-François Lyotard, and Luc Rosenzweig.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2004-07-23
Publication Date:
2004-07-23
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0804742197
ISBN13:
9780804742191
Weight:
370 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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