Jewish thought, utopia, and revolution /

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 difficul...

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Other Authors: Namli, Elena., Svenungsson, Jayne., Vincent, Alana.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi. c2014.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 274.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: B5802.U86 J48 2014

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION /
  • Elena Namli , Jayne Svenungsson and Alana M. Vincent
  • TIKKUN OLAM-"REPAIRING THE WORLD": EMBODYING REDEMPTION AND UTOPIA /
  • Victor Jeleniewski Seidler
  • JEWISH HOPE VERSUS REVOLUTIONARY HOPE /
  • Catherine Chalier
  • ADORNO, REVOLUTION, AND NEGATIVE UTOPIA /
  • Mattias Martinson
  • UTOPIA AND REVOLUTION: THE ROMANTIC SOCIALISM OF GUSTAV LANDAUER AND MARTIN BUBER /
  • Michael Löwy
  • A SECULAR UTOPIA: REMARKS ON THE LÖWITH-BLUMENBERG DEBATE /
  • Jayne Svenungsson
  • THINKING REVOLUTION WITH AND BEYOND LEVINAS /
  • Carl Cederberg
  • TOPOS AND UTOPIA: THE PLACE OF ART IN THE REVOLUTION /
  • Alana M. Vincent
  • BERLIN DEBATES: THE JEWS AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION /
  • Oleg Budnitskii
  • JEWISH RATIONALISM, ETHICS, AND REVOLUTION: HERMANN COHEN IN NEVEL /
  • Elena Namli
  • REFLECTIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN YIDDISH POETRY: THE CASE OF PROLETPEN /
  • Alexandra Polyan
  • NIHILISM AND THE RESURRECTION OF POLITICAL SPACE: HANNAH ARENDT'S UTOPIA? /
  • Jon Wittrock
  • LEFT (IN) TIME: HEGEL, BENJAMIN, AND DERRIDA FACING THE STATUS QUO /
  • Björn Thorsteinsson
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.