Jewish thought, utopia, and revolution
by Namli, Elena Svenungsson, Jayne Vincent, Alana
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 …
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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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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Editions Rodopi
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 211 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789401210782, 9401210780
- oclc:ocn984779987
- Dewey Decimal:181.06
Table of Contents
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 theStatus Quo; Works Cited; About the Contributors; Index.
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