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Rethinking Jewish Philosophy

Beyond Particularism and Universalism

by Aaron W. Hughes

  • Hardback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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Jewish thought is, in many ways, a paradox. Is it theology or is it philosophy? Does it use universal methods to articulate Judaism's particularity or does it justify Judaism's particularity with appeals to illuminating the universal? These two sets of claims are difficult if not impossible to reconcile, and their tension reverberates throughout the length and breadth of Jewish philosophical writing, from Saadya Gaon in the ninth century to Emmanuel Levinas in the twentieth. Rather than assume, as most scholars of Jewish philosophy do, that the terms "philosophy" and "Judaism" simply belong together, Hughes explores the juxtaposition and the creative tension that ensues from their cohabitation, examining adroitly the historical, cultural, intellectual, and religious filiations between Judaism and philosophy. Breaking with received opinion, this book seeks to challenge the exclusionary, particularist, and essentialist nature that is inherent to the practice of something problematically referred to as "Jewish philosophy." Hughes begins with the premise that Jewish philosophy is impossible and begins the process of offering a sophisticated and constructive rethinking of the discipline that avoids the traditional extremes of universalism and particularism.
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  • Author

    Aaron W. Hughes

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    February 2014

  • Weight

    386g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199356812

  • ISBN-10

    0199356815

  • Eden Code

    4258224

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