Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism (Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies)

By Emmanuel Levinas

Book Overview

Jean Paul Sartre hailed him as the philosopher who introduced France to Husserl and Heidegger. Derrida has paid him homage as "master." An original philosopher who combines the insights of phenomenological analysis with those of Jewish spirituality, Emmanuel Levinas has proven to be of extraordinary importance in the history of modern thought. Collecting Levinas's important writings on religion, Difficult Freedom contributes to a growing debate about the significance of religion -- particularly Judaism and Jewish spiritualism -- in European philosophy. Topics include ethics, aesthetics, politics, messianism, Judaism and women, and Jewish-Christian relations, as well as the work of Spinoza, Hegel, Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, Simone Weil, and Jules Issac.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801840740
• ISBN13: 9780801840746
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"