Recognized as one of the leading philosophers and Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century, Emil Ludwig Fackenheim has been widely praised for his boldness, originality, and profundity. As is well-known, a striking feature of Fackenheim's thought is his unwavering contention that the Holocaust brought about a radical shift in human history, so monumental and unprecedented that nothing can ever be the same again. Fackenheim regarded it as the specific duty of thinkers and scholars to assume responsibility to probe this historical event for its impact on the human future and to make its immense ramifications evident.
In Emil Fackenheim's Post-Holocaust Thought and Its Philosophical Sources, scholars consider important figures in the history of philosophy
including Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, and Strauss
and trace how Fackenheim's philosophical confrontations with each of them shaped his overall thought. This collection details which philosophers exercised the greatest influence on Fackenheim, and how he diverged from them.
Incorporating widely varying approaches, the contributors in the volume wrestle with this challenge historically, politically, and philosophically in order to illuminate the depths of Fackenheim's own thought.
Edited by:
Kenneth Hart Green,
Martin D. Yaffe
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781487529659
ISBN 10: 1487529651
Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 04 January 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Abbreviations 1. Emil Fackenheim on Moses Maimonides and the “One Great Difference between the Medievals and the Moderns” Benjamin Lorch, Michigan State University 2. Emil Fackenheim’s Jewish Correction of Kant’s Quasi-Christian Eschatology Martin D. Yaffe, University of North Texas 3. The Meaning of History: Knowledge of Good and Evil in Hegel and Fackenheim Paul Wilford, Boston College 4. Strategies of Jewish Hegelianism: Emil Fackenheim and Samuel Hirsch Martin Kavka, Florida State University 5. Can Philosophy Be Positive? The Place of Schelling in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim Jeffrey A. Bernstein, College of the Holy Cross 6. Emil Fackenheim’s Way from Presence to History: Its Grounding in a Critique of Rosenzweig on Revelation Kenneth Hart Green, University of Toronto 7. Fackenheim and Buber on Revelation: Re-evaluating the Existential and Historical Turn Away from Philosophy Steven Kepnes, Colgate University 8. To Captivate the Jewish Thinker: Fackenheim’s Ontological Encounter with Heidegger Waller R. Newell, Carleton University 9. Philosophy in the Age of Auschwitz: Emil Fackenheim and Leo Strauss Kenneth C. Blanchard, Jr., Northern University 10. Wiesel and Fackenheim: Philosophy and the Problem of Persecution Sharon Portnoff, Connecticut College Contributors Index
Kenneth Hart Green is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. Martin D. Yaffe is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas.
Reviews for Emil Fackenheim's Post-Holocaust Thought and Its Philosophical Sources
"""By exploring Fackenheim's rich engagement with key figures in the philosophical tradition, this important volume highlights - as Fackenheim himself did - the myriad ways in which the Holocaust, when confronted with genuine intellectual probity, puts the entirety of the philosophical tradition into question."" - Benjamin Pollock, Associate Professor of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ""Emil Fackenheim remains one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century. The essays in this collection are uniformly excellent and help clarify and raise anew a number of Fackenheim's major themes, including the relationship between history and philosophy and the significance of the Holocaust not just for Jews but for anyone concerned about the possibilities of morality and thinking after Auschwitz."" - Leora Batnitzky, Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion, Princeton University ""Kenneth Hart Green and Martin D. Yaffe have established themselves as leading scholars of Emil Fackenheim's work. Featuring contributors who represent a diverse set of views, including political perspectives, the essays in this collection are consistently of very high academic quality and a pleasure to read."" - Steven Frankel, Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University ""Rarely does a work of scholarship make an urgent contribution to its field, but this is one of those rare works. With a sense of ethical urgency, this book demands a response to Fackenheim's summons to acknowledge the Holocaust as an historical and transformational world event."" - David Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas"
