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001 2007011138
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008 070315s2007 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007011138
020 $a9781584656388 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aB3279.J664$bW5413 2007
082 00 $a193$222
100 1 $aWiese, Christian,$d1961-
240 10 $aHans Jonas.$lEnglish
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 ;$aHanover, NH :$bPublished by University Press of New England,$cc2007.
263 $a0706
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe fight for the dignity of the Jews : the impact of Zionism and the Holocaust on Jonas's biography and thought -- From the Rhineland to Jerusalem -- Against the "cult of power and contempt of humanity" -- Friendships and conflicts among German-Jewish scholars -- "For a time i was privileged to enjoy his friendship" : the ambivalent relation to Gershom Scholem -- The mystery of Jewish existence and contested memories : impressions of Jonas's friendship with Hannah Arendt -- "Revolt against escapism" : Jewish dimensions of Jonas's ethics of responsibility -- The value of life : philosophical critique of nihilism -- Rotseh ba-hayyim : creation and responsibility for the "sanctity of life" -- De-messianized tikkun : human responsibility for the "Divine adventure".
600 10 $aJonas, Hans,$d1903-1993.
650 0 $aJewish philosophers$zGermany.