Going beyond Allan BlooM's "The Closing of the American Mind,"
Paul Eidelberg shows how the cardinal principles of
democracy--freedom and equality--can be saved from the degradation
of moral relativism by applying Jewish law to these principles. The
author attempts to overcome the dichotomy of religion and
secularism as well as other contradictions of Western civilization
by means of a philosophy of history that uses thoroughly rational
concepts and is supported by empirical evidence.
Eidelberg enumerates and elucidates the characteristics that
make Jewish law particularly suited to reopening the secular mind
and elevating democracy's formative principles. The author compares
and contrasts Jewish law with political philosophy. His goal is to
derive freedom and equality from a conception of man and society
that goes beyond the usual political and social categories,
avoiding both relativism and absolutism. In conclusion, Eidelberg
attempts to overcome the perennial problem of democracy: how to
reconcile wisdom and consent. This he does by sketching the basic
institutions of a new community. This unique analysis should be
read by political and religious theoreticians alike.
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