{"product_id":"leo-strauss-and-emmanuel-levinas-philosophy-and-the-politics-of-revelation-hardback-9780521861564","title":"Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas; Philosophy and the Politics of Revelation (Hardback) 9780521861564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLeo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophy and the Politics of Revelation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 2006 book, Leora Batnitzky brings together two seemingly incongruous contemporaries, demonstrating that their projects had many parallels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeora Batnitzky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521861564, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 May 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas: Philosophy and the Politics of Revelation is an original work of engagement of these two important thinkers that takes us far beyond what most of their admirers and detractors have written about their thought.  Leora Batnitzky is a critical scholar and thinker in a class by herself.' David Novak, University of Toronto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLeo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas, two twentieth-century Jewish philosophers and two extremely provocative thinkers whose reputations have grown considerably, are rarely studied together. This is due to the disparate interests of many of their intellectual heirs. Strauss has influenced political theorists and policy makers on the right while Levinas has been championed in the humanities by different cadres associated with postmodernist thought. In Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas: Philosophy and the Politics of Revelation, first published in 2006, Leora Batnitzky brings together these two seemingly incongruous contemporaries, demonstrating that they often had the same philosophical sources and their projects had many formal parallels. While such a comparison is valuable in itself for better understanding each figure, it also raises profound questions in the debate on the definitions of 'religion', suggesting  ways that religion makes claims on both philosophy and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Philosophy: 1. Strauss and Levinas between Athens and Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 2. Levinas's defense of modern philosophy: how Strauss might respond\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Revelation: 3. 'Freedom depends upon its bondage': the shared debt to Franz Rosenzweig\u003cbr\u003e 4. An irrationalist rationalism: Levinas's transformation of Hermann Cohen\u003cbr\u003e 5. The possibility of pre-modern rationalism: Strauss's transformation of Hermann Cohen\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Politics: 6. Against utopia: law and its limits\u003cbr\u003e 7. Zionism and the discovery of prophetic politics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Politics and hermeneutics: Strauss's and Levinas's retrieval of classical Jewish sources\u003cbr\u003e 9. Revelation and commandment\u003cbr\u003e 10. Concluding thoughts: progress or return?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAB%5D%22\"\u003eHRAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265273352472,"sku":"9780521861564","price":87.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521861564i.jpg?v=1692021178","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/leo-strauss-and-emmanuel-levinas-philosophy-and-the-politics-of-revelation-hardback-9780521861564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}