What does it mean to wonder in awe or terror about the world? How
do you philosophically understand Judaism? In How to Measure
a World?: A Philosophy of Judaism, Martin Shuster provides answers
to these questions and more. Â Emmanuel Levinas suggested
that Judaism is best understood as an anachronism. Shuster attempts
to make sense of this claim by alternatively considering questions
of the inscrutability of ultimate reality, of the pain and
commonness of human suffering, and of the ways in which Judaism is
entangled with the world. Drawing on phenomenology and Jewish
thought, Shuster offers novel readings of some of the classic
figures of Jewish philosophy while inserting other voices into the
tradition, from Moses Maimonides to Theodor W. Adorno to Walter
Benjamin to Stanley Cavell. Â How to Measure a
World? examines elements of the Jewish philosophical record
to get at the full intellectual scope and range of Levinas's
proposal. Shuster's view of anachronism thereby provokes an
assessment of the world and our place in it. A particular
understanding of Jewish philosophy emerges, not only through the
traditions it encompasses, but also through an understanding of the
relationship between humans and their world. In the end, Levinas's
suggestion is examined theoretically as much as practically,
revealing what's at stake for Judaism as much as for the world.
General
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
New Jewish Philosophy and Thought |
| Release date: |
April 2021 |
| Authors: |
Martin Shuster
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
258 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-05453-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-253-05453-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780253054531 |
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