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OverviewJudaism, Liberalism, and Political Theology provides the first broad encounter between modern Jewish thought and recent developments in political theology. In opposition to impetuous associations of Judaism and liberalism and charges that Judaism cannot engender a universal political order, the essays in this volume propose a new and richly detailed engagement between Judaism and the political. The vexed status of liberalism in Jewish thought and Judaism in political theology is interrogated with recourse to thinking from across the Continental tradition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Randi Rashkover , Martin Kavka , Robert Erlewine , Eric JacobsonPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9780253010278ISBN 10: 0253010276 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 05 December 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Randi Rashkover and Martin Kavka Part I. Judaism and Liberalism 1. Spinoza and the Possibility Condition of Modern Judaism, Jerome Copulsky 2. Plato Prophesied the Revelation: The Philosophico-Political Theology of Strauss' Philosophy and Law and the Guidance of Hermann Cohen, Dana Hollander 3. What Do the Dead Deserve?: Towards A Critique of Jewish Political Theology, Martin Kavka 4. The Zionism of Hannah Arendt 1941-1948, Eric Jacobson Part II. Messianism, Miracle and Power 5. Power and Israel in Martin Buber's Critique of Carl Schmitt's Political Theology, Gregory Kaplan 6. The Political Theology of Ethical Monotheism, Daniel Weidner 7. The Miraculous Birth of the Given, Daniel Brandes Part III. Ethics, Law and the Universal 8. Bad Jews, Authentic Jews, Figural Jews, Sarah Hammerschlag 9. The Patient Gesture: Law, Liberalism, and Talmud, Zachary Braiterman Part IV. The Mosaic Distinction 10. Reason within the Bounds of Religion, Robert Erlewine 11. The Impossibility of the Prohibition of Images, Oona Eisenstadt 12.From Distortion to Displacement: Freud and the Mosaic Distinction, Brian Britt 13. Monotheism as a Political Problem, Bruce Rosenstock Contributors IndexReviews""Of real pertinence and fills an important gap. The selection of participants has been judiciously made, and they contribute effectively to clarifying the multifaceted problem that unfolds."" - Bettina Bergo, Universite de Montreal ""This collection of essays, which examines political theology from the distinct perspective of Jewish philosophy, could not be timelier or more useful for scholars and students navigating what is often viewed as very dense and difficult material."" - Claire Elise Katz, Texas A&M University <p> This collection of essays, which examines political theology from the distinct perspective of Jewish philosophy, could not be timelier or more useful for scholars and students navigating what is often viewed as very dense and difficult material. --Claire Elise Katz, Texas A&M University--Claire Elise Katz, Texas A&M University Author InformationRandi Rashkover is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University. She is author of Freedom and Law: A Jewish-Christian Apologetics, and Revelation and Theopolitics: Barth, Rosenzweig, and the Politics of Praise. Martin Kavka is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. He is author of Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy, which was awarded the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Philosophy and Jewish Thought in 2008. He has also co-edited four books, including Judaism, Liberalism, and Political Theology (Indiana University Press, 2014). He is also co-editor of the Journal of Religious Ethics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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