Rosenzweig, Franz

The main purpose of this thesis is to open a conversation regarding the role of the linear conception of time that serves as the driving force of the modern and capitalist conception of human history, and that conceives it as a timeline based on progress. The idea of modern prog…

Constructions of family relationships appear prominently in the major works of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas, informing their philosophical approaches. This dissertation compares these influential twentieth-century thinkers by using family as a frame of analysis. I consi…

This dissertation centers on the writings of the German-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929), arguing that Rosenzweig's works mobilize sacred language as the cornerstone of a new kind of philosophy. It demonstrates that a heretofore overlooke…