Encounters of Consequence

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Academic Studies Press

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491_9781934843673

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ENCOUNTERS of CONSEQUENCE provides an introduction anddeeper analysis of the situation of Jewish philosophy in the last centuryand beyond. It charts Jewish philosophys engagement with modernityand post-modernity along two overlapping axes - issues and persons- which often intersect. Key issues in modern Jewish philosophy areraised, including: the nature of Judaism and Jewish identity, the questsfor meaning and continuity, the value of remaining a Jew, the relevanceof Jewish law, as well as the challenges of secularism, modern history(including the Holocaust), feminism and religious pluralism. Featuredare those philosophers of encounter - Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber,and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as Joseph Soloveitchik, GershomScholem, Arthur Cohen, Eliezer Schweid, Emil Fackenheim, andIrving Greenberg.

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