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100 1 $aWiese, Christian,$d1961-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00011171
240 10 $aHans Jonas.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007020578
245 14 $aThe life and thought of Hans Jonas :$bJewish dimensions /$cChristian Wiese ; translated by Jeffrey Grossman and Christian Wiese.
260 $aWaltham, Mass. :$bBrandeis University Press ;$aHanover :$bPublished by University Press of New England,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axxvii, 260 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : "philosopher and Jew" -- $gCh. 1.$tThe fight for the dignity of the Jews : the impact of Zionism and the Holocaust on Jonas's biography and thought -- $tFrom the Rhineland to Jerusalem -- $tAgainst the "cult of power and contempt for humanity" -- $gCh. 2.$tFriendships and conflicts among German-Jewish emigre scholars -- $t"For a time I was privileged to enjoy his friendship" : the ambivalent relation to Gershom Scholem -- $tThe mystery of Jewish existence and contested memories : impressions of Jonas's friendship with Hannah Arendt -- $gCh. 3.$t"Revolt against escapism" : Jewish dimensions of Jonas's ethics of responsibility -- $tThe value of life : philosophical critique of nihilism -- $tRotseh ba-hayyim - creation and responsibility for the "sanctity of life" -- $tDe-messianized Tikkun - human responsibility for the "divine adventure" -- $tEpilogue : "there is a mystery in the world" -- $gApp. A.$tOur part in this war : a word to Jewish men (1939) -- $gApp. B.$tFrom an unpublished fragment of Thomas Mann's Magic mountain (15 August 1941) -- $gApp. C.$tHannah Arendt, 1906-1975 : eulogy delivered at the funeral service at Riverside Memorial Chapel, New York City (18 December 1975) -- $gApp. D.$tLetter to Hannah Arendt on her Eichmann book (1963).
520 1 $a"Hans Jonas (1903-1993) is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. This new study examines how Jonas's Jewish background influenced his intellectual development. Christian Wiese shows how philosophical ethics and Jewish identity were two inseparable aspects of Jonas's thinking, with the fight against Nihilism as the most important link Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and exploring momentous encounters with major figures of twentieth-century life and letters like Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt, Wiese demonstrates how Jonas combined religious and philosophical elements in his thought and offers new insights into the work of this eminent thinker."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aJonas, Hans,$d1903-1993.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80065852
650 0 $aJewish philosophers$zGermany.
830 0 $aTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00048496
852 00 $bglx$hB3279.J664$iW5413 2007