Batnitzky, Leora

Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas philosophy and the politics of revelation / [Texte imprimé] : Leora Batnitzky - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 - 1 vol. (xxii-280 p.) ; 24 cm

Index

Bibliogr. p. 259-266

Strauss and Levinas between Athens and Jerusalem -- Levinas's defense of modern philosophy : how Strauss might respond -- "Freedom depends upon its bondage" : the shared debt to Franz Rosenzweig -- An irrationalist rationalism : Levinas's transformation of Hermann Cohen -- The possibility of premodern rationalism : Strauss's transformation of Hermann Cohen -- Against utopia : law and its limits -- Zionism and the discovery of prophetic politics -- Politics and hermeneutics : Strauss's and Levinas's retrieval of classical Jewish sources -- Revelation and commandment : Strauss, Levinas, and the theologico-political predicament

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Jewish philosophy Strauss, Leo Lévinas, Emmanuel Philosophy, Modern Political science Cohen, Hermann,

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