The Sacred Power of Language in Modern Jewish Thought

Levinas, Derrida, Scholem

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
X, 237 Seiten
2023
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-116863-0 (ISBN)
99,95 inkl. MwSt
This series focuses on the Jewish textual tradition as well as the ways it evolves in response to new intellectual, historical, social and political contexts. Fostering dialogue between literary, philosophical, political and religious perspectives, this series, which consists of original scholarship and proceedings of international conferences, reflects contemporary concerns of Jewish Studies in the broadest sense.

Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language in many form - texts, books and scrolls; learning, interpretation, material practices that generate material practices - are central to Judaic conduct, experience, and spirituality. In this Judaic traditions differ from philosophical and theological ones that make language secondary. Traditional metaphysics has privileged the immaterial and unchanging, as unchanging truth that language can at best convey and at worst distort. Such traditional metaphysics has come under critique since Nietzsche in ways that the author explores. Shira Wolosky argues that Judaic traditions converge with contemporary metaphysical critique rather than being its target. Focusing on the work of Derrida, Levinas, Scholem and others, the author examines traditions of Judaic interpretation against backgrounds of biblical exegesis; sign-theory as it recasts language meaning in ways that concord with Judaic textuality; negative theology as it differs in Judaic tradition from those which negate language itself; and lastly outline a discourse ethics that draws on Judaic language theory.

This study is directed to students and scholars of: Judaic thought, religious studies and theology; theory of interpretation; Levinas and other modern Jewish philosophical writers, placing them in broader contexts of philosophy, theology, and language theory. It is shown how Jewish discourses on language address urgent problems of value and norms in the contemporary world that has challenged traditional anchors of truth and meaning.

lt;strong>Shira Wolosky, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts ; 22
Verlagsort Berlin/Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 230 mm
Gewicht 473 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte Emmanuel Levinas • Jewish thought • Postmodernism • Postmodernism.
ISBN-10 3-11-116863-8 / 3111168638
ISBN-13 978-3-11-116863-0 / 9783111168630
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