Jewish thought, utopia, and revolution / edited by Elena Namli, Jayne Svenungsson, Alana M. Vincent.

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TextSeries: Value inquiry book series ; 274. | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Editions Rodopi, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)Content type:

text

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9789401210782
9401210780

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish Thought, Utopia, and Revolution.DDC classification:

181.06

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B755

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Cover; Philosophy and Religion; Table of Contents; Introduction; ONE Tikkun Olam-""Repairing the World"":Embodying Redemption and Utopia; TWO Jewish Hope Versus Revolutionary Hope; THREE Adorno, Revolution, and Negative Utopia; FOUR Utopia and Revolution: The Romantic Socialismof Gustav Landauer and Martin Buber; FIVE A Secular Utopia: Remarks on the Löwith-Blumenberg Debate; SIX Thinking Revolution With and Beyond Levinas; SEVEN Topos and Utopia: the Place of Art in the Revolution; EIGHT Berlin Debates: The Jews and the Russian Revolution.

NINE Jewish Rationalism, Ethics, and Revolution:Hermann Cohen in NevelTEN Reflections of Revolutionary Movements inAmerican Yiddish Poetry: the Case of Proletpen; ELEVEN Nihilism and the Resurrection of Political Space:Hannah Arendt's Utopia?; TWELVE Left (in) Time: Hegel, Benjamin, and Derrida Facing the Status Quo; Works Cited; About the Contributors; Index.

Summary: In response to the grim realities of the present world Jewish thought has not tended to retreat into eschatological fantasy, but rather to project utopian visions precisely on to the present moment, envisioning redemptions that are concrete, immanent, and necessarily political in nature. In difficult times and through shifting historical contexts, the messianic hope in the Jewish tradition has functioned as a political vision: the dream of a peaceful kingdom, of a country to return to, or of a leader who will administer justice among the nations. Against this background, it is unsurprising tha.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index.

In response to the grim realities of the present world Jewish thought has not tended to retreat into eschatological fantasy, but rather to project utopian visions precisely on to the present moment, envisioning redemptions that are concrete, immanent, and necessarily political in nature. In difficult times and through shifting historical contexts, the messianic hope in the Jewish tradition has functioned as a political vision: the dream of a peaceful kingdom, of a country to return to, or of a leader who will administer justice among the nations. Against this background, it is unsurprising tha.

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