Dialogical Thought and Identity: Trans-Different Religiosity in Present Day Societies

By Ephraim Meir

In discussion with Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Franz Fischer and Emmanuel Levinas, Ephraim Meir outlines a novel conception of a selfhood that is grounded in dialogical thought. He focuses on the shaping of identity in present day societies and offers a new view on identity around the concepts of self-transcendence, self-difference, and trans-difference. Subjectivity is seen as the concrete possibility of relating to an open identity, which receives and hosts alterity. Self-difference is the crown upon the I; it is the result of a dialogical life, a life of passing to the other. The religious I is perceived as in dialogue with secularity, with its own past and with other persons. It is suggested that with a dialogical approach one may discover what unites people in pluralist societies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110338319
• ISBN13: 9783110338317
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary