To Be a Jew - Avi Sagi

To Be a Jew

Joseph Chayim Brenner as a Jewish Existentialist

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Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2011
Continuum Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-4411-0973-6 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. This book deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence.
This is an exploration of the existentialist Jewishness which is advocated, promoted and displayed in Brenner's writings. "To Be a Jew" deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence. Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. In contrast to this perception, Avi Sagi proves that not only did Brenner not reject the value of the Jewish existence, but the core of his creation was written out of a deep Jewish commitment. Brenner's greatest innovation is found in his new conception of Jewish existence. "To be a Jew", according to Brenner, involves the willingness to discover solidarity with actual Jews, to participate in a society in which Jews can live a free life and to fashion their culture as they wish. Sagi presents the idea that Brenner's is not a Utopian, but a realistic, conception of Jewish existence. Thus this unique conception of Jewish existence is founded on an infrastructure of existential thought.
The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies publishes new research which provides new directions for modern Jewish thought and life and which serves to enhance the quality of dialogue between classical sources and the modern world. This book series reflects the mission of the Shalom Hartman Institute, a pluralistic research and leadership institute, at the forefront of Jewish thought and education. It empowers scholars, rabbis, educators and layleaders to develop new and diverse voices within the tradition, laying foundations for the future of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.

Avi Sagi is Professor of Philosophy, and Founder and Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Israel. He has written and edited numerous books and articles in Jewish and general philosophy, among them Religion and Morality (with Daniel Statman, New York: 1995) and the recently released Judaism: Between Religion and Morality (Tel Aviv: 1998) and Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd (New York: 2002).

Preface; 1. A preliminary Outline of Brenner's Approach; 2. Brenner, the Personal Writer; 3. Brenner and the Existential Meaning of Literature; 4. An Existentialist Analysis of Existence; 5. The Personal and the Jewish Dimensions; 6. Moulding Jewish Life; 7. Jewish Existence and Nationalism; 8. Brenner's Manifesto: 'One the "Vision" of Apostasy'; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.5.2011
Reihe/Serie The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Judentum
ISBN-10 1-4411-0973-0 / 1441109730
ISBN-13 978-1-4411-0973-6 / 9781441109736
Zustand Neuware
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