Fogel Jeremy Fogel

Jewish Universalisms (eBook, ePUB)

Mendelssohn, Cohen, and Humanity's Highest Good

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An original and comprehensive comparison of the universalisms of two major modern Jewish philosophers. Any version of universalism relevant to a more attentive, pluralistic, and postcolonial outlook would balance the urgent current need for a universalistic perspective with the desire to maintain the richness of human diversity. The modern Jewish philosophers who sought to partake in the Enlightenment s universalistic vision while maintaining their distinct identities as members of a religious minority within Europe offer insightful answers.Jewish Universalisms analyzes how two major figures, Moses Mendelssohn and Hermann Cohen, dealt with the perceived tension between the universal values characteristic of the Enlightenment and aspects of Judaism often depicted as particularistic and parochial. Jeremy Fogel joins this lively debate in modern Jewish philosophy, offering a comparative examination of these thinkers and analyzing their worldviews from an innovative axiological perspective. Fogel writes that to gain a precise understanding of how Mendelssohn and Cohen argued for the concordance of Judaism and universalism, one must first seek out what they delineated as ultimately valuable. Then one can work out how that highest good, and the method of valuation it sustains, are universal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brandeis University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684581740
• Artikelnr.: 70901246

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Fogel teaches at Tel Aviv University in the Department of Jewish Philosophy. He is the academic director of Alma and a faculty member of the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. He is a popular podcaster in Israel and is involved in various artistic initiatives. Fogel is the author of Tel Aviv Is Water and Other Seasidian Thoughts. His English translation of the Song of Songs was released as a CD Book by Tzadik with music composed by John Zorn.