num_pages: 320
description: Contributes to a growing debate about the significance of religionâ€”particularly Judaism and Jewish spiritualismâ€”in European philosophy. 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 religionâ€”particularly Judaism and Jewish spiritualismâ€”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.
language: English
title: Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism
titlecomplete: Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism (Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies)
genres: Religion, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Jewish, Judaica, Judaism
ratings_count: 104
series: Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies
publisher: JHUP