Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents Soloveitchik's philosophy as a conceptual response to Nietzsche's critique of religion that brings Nietzsche's life-affirming sensibility to halakhic Judaism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 693g
• ISBN-13: 9781107109032
• ISBN-10: 1107109035
• Artikelnr.: 50443255

Autorenporträt

Daniel Rynhold is Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, New York. He has published on various topics in Jewish philosophy, including the problem of evil, Nietzsche and Jewish philosophy, and the thought of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik. He has been published in journals including Harvard Theological Review and Religious Studies, and is the author of Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices (2005), An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Philosophy (2009), and co-editor of Radical Responsibility: Celebrating the Thought of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on knowledge and truth: why we know so much
2. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on morality: why we are so good
3. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on asceticism and the passions: why we are so life-affirming
4. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on law and creativity: why we are so law-biding
5. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on repentance: why we are so sorry
6. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on suffering: why we are so profound
7. Nietzsche and Soloveitchik on elitism: why we are the best.