UID:
almahu_9949703096402882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 193 pages)
ISBN:
9789004280816
Series Statement:
Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers, v. 10
Content:
Avi Sagi is Professor of Philosophy at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. A philosopher, literary critic, scholar of cultural studies, historian and philosopher of halakhah, public intellectual, social critic, and educator, Sagi has written most lucidly on the challenges that face humanity, Judaism, and Israeli society today. As an intertextual thinker, Sagi integrates numerous strands within contemporary philosophy, while critically engaging Jewish and non-Jewish philosophers. Offering an insightful defense of pluralism and multiculturalism, his numerous writings integrate philosophy, religion, theology, jurisprudence, psychology, art, literature, and politics, charting a new path for Jewish thought in the twenty-first century.
Note:
Preliminary Material --
,
Avi Sagi: An Intellectual Portrait /
,
The Punishment of Amalek in Jewish Tradition: Coping with the Moral Problem /
,
Natural Law and Halakhah: A Critical Analysis /
,
Tikkun Olam: Between Utopian Idea and Socio-Historical Process /
,
Justifying Interreligious Pluralism /
,
Interview with Avi Sagi /
,
Select Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Avi Sagi: Existentialism, Pluralism, and Identity Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2015, ISBN 9789004280809
Language:
English
