{"product_id":"questioning-judaism-paperback","title":"Questioning Judaism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Weber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Bowlby\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Dreyfus affair and the Shoah, many French intellectuals have maintained rich and complex relationships with Judaism, beyond as well as within the religious dimension. Whether they approach it via history, philosophy, biblical studies or sociology, or following a personal itinerary, many contemporary intellectuals are deeply involved in Jewish culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterviewed at length by Elisabeth Weber, this volume presents the meditations of seven well-known French thinkers on the special relations of their own intellectual pursuit to Judaism. As memory or as the place of \"circumfession\" (in Jacques Derrida's words), as the symbol of the \"unrepresentable\" (Jean-François Lyotard) or as the witness, according to Emmanuel Levinas, to a \"biblical humanity,\" Judaism is continually engaged in renewing and displacing contemporary thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume includes interviews with: Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jacques Derrida, Rita Thalmann, Emmanuel Levinas, Léon Poliakov, Jean-François Lyotard, and Luc Rosenzweig. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Dreyfus affair and the Shoah, many French intellectuals have maintained rich and complex relationships with Judaism, beyond as well as within the religious dimension. Whether they approach it via history, philosophy, biblical studies or sociology, or following a personal itinerary, many contemporary intellectuals are deeply involved in Jewish culture.\u003cbr\u003eInterviewed at length by Elisabeth Weber, this volume presents the meditations of seven well-known French thinkers on the special relations of their own intellectual pursuit to Judaism. As memory or as the place of \"circumfession\" (in Jacques Derrida's words), as the symbol of the \"unrepresentable\" (Jean-Francois Lyotard) or as the witness, according to Emmanuel Levinas, to a \"biblical humanity,\" Judaism is continually engaged in renewing and displacing contemporary thought.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume includes interviews with: Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jacques Derrida, Rita Thalmann, Emmanuel Levinas, Leon Poliakov, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Luc Rosenzweig.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese interviews will challenge readers to examine their Jewish identity while taking a fresh look at history.--AJL Newsletter\u003cbr\u003e..\".this is a remarkable interview, conducted by one of Derrida's most conscientious and demanding readers.\"--The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabeth Weber is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eJacques Derrida, Points . . .: Interviews 1974-1994\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 167\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.96 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279156429049,"sku":"9780804742207","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UXQ5elNsK2plaXg2L0p1c2F1ZmN3QT09.webp?v=1769016286","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/questioning-judaism-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}