Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy [Hardcover]

Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology.In this book, Martin Kavka contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving of the concept of meontology --the doctrine of nonbeing--in one strand of the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy also offers new readings of important figures in contemporary Continental philosophy, critiquing arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Greek philosophy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, and the ethical import of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.In this book, Martin Kavka contests the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving of the concept of meontology --the doctrine of nonbeing--in one strand of the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy also offers new readings of important figures in contemporary Continental philosophy, critiquing arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Greek philosophy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, and the ethical import of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.Martin Kavka challenges the ancient opposition between Athens and Jerusalem by retrieving the concept of meontology (the doctrine of nonbeing) in one strand of the Jewish philosophical and theological tradition. Kavka's study also offers new interpretations of important contributors to contemporary Continental philosophy. They critique arguments about the role of lived religion in the thought of Jacques Derrida, the role of Greek philosophy in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, and the ethical importance of the thought of Franz Rosenzweig.Introduction: From Athens to Jerusalem; 1. The meontological conundrum: Emmanuel Levinas and Emil Fackenheim on the Athens-Jerusalem conflict; 2. Beyond 'beyl3