Jewish Intellectuals on the Chimera of Progress: Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber and Leo Strauss

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Paul Mendes-Flohr
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Martin Buber ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals

Book reviews

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-198
Author(s):  
Lars Aejmelaeus ◽  
Karl-Erich Grözinger ◽  
Tryggve Kronholm ◽  
Karl-Gustav Sandelin ◽  
Svante Lundgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Martin Buber ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals

Paulus und das Judentum. Antropologische Erwägungen (Timo Laato, 1991 diss.) is reviewed by Lars Aejmelaeus.Moses Hess on religion. Judaism and the Bible (Svante Lundgren, 1992) is reviewed by Karl-Erich Grözinger.Abraham ibn Ezra y su tiempo / Abraham ibn Ezra and his age (ed. Fernando Diaz Esteban, 1990) is reviewed by Tryggve Kronholm.Kommentar till påskhaggadan (Nils Martola, 1988) is reviewed by Tryggve Kronholm.Pilatusbilledet i den antike jødedom og kristendom (Niels Willert, 1989) is reviewed by Karl-Gustav Sandelin.Die unterlegene Religion. Das Judentum im Urteil deutscher Alttestamentler. Kritik theologischer Geschichtsschreibung (Ulrich Kusche, 1991) is reviewed by Svante Lundgren.Judentum im deutschen Sprachraum (ed. Karl E. Grözinger, 1991) is reviewed by Svante Lundgren.Jiddische Sprachgeschichte (Bettina Simon, 1988) is reviewed by Theodor Katz.Kinesiske jøder (Jens Christian Larsen, 1991) is reviewed by Theodor Katz.Människan och hennes bildkonst (Martin Buber, 1991) is reviewed by Siv Illman.Kuolleen meren kirjakääröt. Qumranin tekstit suomeksi (ed. Raija Sollamo, 1991) is reviewed by Antti Laato.Fortolkning som formidling. Om den bibliske eksegeses funktion (eds. Lone Fatum & Eduard Nielsen, 1992) is reviewed by Roger Syrén.Alkukirkko ja juutalaisuus (eds. Anne-Marit Enroth-Voitila, Matti Myllykoski, 1991) is reviewed by Nils Martola.Short notice by Nils Martola.Motståndet. Arton brev om död och liv (Per Ahlmark & Georg Klein, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Judarna i det svenska samhället. Identitet, integration, etniska relationer (ed. Kerstin Nyström, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Divided passions. Jewish intellectuals and the experience of modernity (Paul Mendes-Flohr, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.

Spinoza’s Afterlife in Judaism and the Task of Modern Jewish Philosophy

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Emmanuel Levinas ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Philosophical Significance ◽  
Jewish Philosophy ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals

This article examines Baruch Spinoza’s legacy within Judaism and his impact on modern Jewish philosophy. It first considers some of the Jewish intellectuals and leaders who have found inspiration or provocation in Spinoza, and then turns to Spinozism in Judaism and the philosophical significance of Spinoza’s reception among the Jews. It then explores the ways in which Spinoza has become a symbol of philosophical tendencies in Jewish self-understanding and concludes by discussing how Spinoza’s symbolic presence signals a dialectic in modern Jewish philosophy concerning various interpretations of Jewish existence and their interaction. More specifically, it looks at three Jewish philosophers who have at one time or another taken an interest in Spinoza, with emphasis on their various responses to him: Leo Strauss, Emil Fackenheim, and Emmanuel Levinas.

scholarly journals HISTÓRIAS DE VIDA DE PROFESSORES HOMENS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Alexandra Coelho Pena
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Mikhail Bakhtin ◽  
Martin Buber

Nos últimos anos, vem aumentando a presença masculina no trabalho com crianças de zero a cinco anos, implicando a necessidade de discutir as complexidades que emergem dessa realidade. Pesquisas apontam haver estranhamento, por parte de professores, gestores e familiares, quanto à presença de docentes do sexo masculino, nessa etapa da educação básica, que, histórica e culturalmente, tem estreito laço com o feminino, o materno. O estudo parte de um fenômeno, que se apresenta nas estatísticas, nas pesquisas e no cotidiano de creches e pré-escolas, e o investiga na vida dos sujeitos, na interseção do pessoal com o coletivo. Os entrevistados são professores da Educação Infantil, em instituições privadas e/ou públicas, com diferentes tempos de experiência profissional neste segmento. As histórias de vida destacam-se como metodologia privilegiada para a pesquisa, que traz Martin Buber (2003a, 2003b, 2008, 2009, 2011a, 2011b, 2013), Mikhail Bakhtin (1993, 2011, 2012) e Walter Benjamin (1994, 1995 como referências teóricas, entendendo que as entrevistas potencializam a capacidade de narrar. Uma primeira leitura das entrevistas sugere temas relacionados a dois eixos de análise: histórias de infância e de formação, e histórias relacionadas a questões de gênero. 

The Satyr as Prophet: Notes on the “Jewish” Michelangelo

Images ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
Asher Biemann
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Martin Buber ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Michelangelo Buonarroti ◽  
Ernst Bloch ◽  
Franz Rosenzweig ◽  
German Jewish ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals ◽  
Hermann Cohen

AbstractFocusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the essay argues that there existed a Jewish fascination with the work of Michelangelo Buonarroti that was representative not only of a larger German and Jewish Italophilia at the time but also indicative of Jewish aesthetic concerns. Lodged between popular culture and the intellectual quest for an aesthetics that would problematize the figurative image and the classical sense of the beautiful, the Jewish reception of Michelangelo was guided by the themes of terribilita, unfinishedness, and the destruction of form. What emerges is a consistent dialectic of image and anti-image particularly in the writings of Salomon Ludwig Steinheim, Sigmund Freud, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and Ernst Bloch. But what also emerges is that German Jewish intellectuals entertained a great, though often ambivalent, admiration for the Italian Renaissance and the culture of modern Italy.

scholarly journals Narrativa, experiência e formação: o diálogo com as crianças na constituição de tornar-se professora

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Barreto da Silva Scramingnon
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Martin Buber

RESUMO Este artigo, fruto de uma pesquisa de doutorado, toma como objeto de estudo as narrativas de uma professora da Educação Infantil e dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental de uma instituição pública municipal, e tem como objetivo discutir a constituição da docência como processo que se dá na relação com as crianças. A estratégia metodológica, sustentada no diálogo com Walter Benjamin (1994; 1995; 2006) e Martin Buber (2003; 2009; 2012), foi de analisar as narrativas da trajetória da professora no cotidiano escolar em seu diálogo com as crianças. O caderno com os registros dessas conversas converte-se, dessa forma, em empiria de pesquisa. Assim, as narrativas biográficas são compreendidas enquanto metodologia de pesquisa e de formação (JOSSO, 2004). As análises destacam: as crianças como depoentes privilegiados de sua condição, e que nos dão pistas sobre as relações que estabelecem com os professores na escola, indicando possibilidades outras para o desenvolvimento da prática pedagógica; a docência como processo inacabado, aberta a construções e desconstruções; as narrativas biográficas como caminho para a constituição de uma identidade profissional; a importância de espaços e tempos garantidos na escola para que os professores produzam seus registros, considerando-os como possibilidade de pensar o trabalho. Nesse sentido, como experiência, a pesquisa e o texto narrativo são acontecimentos do presente.

scholarly journals Karl Löwith’s Secularization Thesis and the Jewish Reception of Heidegger

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 411
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Herskowitz
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Martin Buber ◽  
Being And Time ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Leo Strauss ◽  
Ernst Cassirer ◽  
Shed Light

This article argues that Karl Löwith’s thesis of secularization—in brief, that while modern philosophical notions present themselves as secular, they are in fact secularized, that is, they preserve features of the theological background they repress and remain determined by it—can serve as a productive hermeneutical key for framing and understanding an important strand in the twentieth century Jewish response to Heidegger’s philosophy. It takes Ernst Cassirer, Leo Strauss, and Martin Buber as test-cases and demonstrates that these three Jewish thinkers interpreted various categories of Heidegger’s Being and Time to be not simply secular but secularized Christian categories that continue to bear the mark of their theological origin even in their now-secular application and context. The article concludes with a number of reflections and observations on how Löwith’s thesis of secularization can shed light on the polemical and political-theological edge of this strand in Heidegger’s Jewish reception.

scholarly journals Televisão: da profusão de imagens à cegueira ética

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Kátia M. L. Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Martin Buber ◽  
Jean Baudrillard ◽  
Gabriel Marcel ◽  
Theodor Adorno ◽  
Paul Virilio

Há um antigo debate acerca da função libertadora, ou não, das tecnologias de comunicação visual. Originalmente, a questão centrava-se no papel do cinema e da fotografia para as relações sociais e para cultura. Walter Benjamin e Theodor Adorno são os precursores dessas investigações, tendo, em certa medida, Guy Debord, Jean Baudrillard e Paul Virilio como herdeiros. A partir do diálogo com estes autores construiremos uma reflexão em torno da cegueira ética, para o que retomaremos também as observações de Gabriel Marcel e de Martin Buber, buscando compreender os nexos entre televisão e agir ético na contemporaneidade.

Intertwined Lives and Themes among Jewish Exiles

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Seyla Benhabib
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Isaiah Berlin ◽  
German Jews ◽  
Judith Shklar ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals

This introductory chapter outlines the entanglement of Jewish intellectuals and others as they confronted exile, migration, and, in some cases, statelessness. These intellectuals include Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Albert Hirschmann, Varian Fry, Judith Shklar, Carl J. Friedrich, and Isaiah Berlin. They faced these challenges because of their Jewish origins, regardless of whether they themselves identified as Jewish, whether they were believers, or whether they were practicing Jews or not. Meanwhile, the chapter considers that for German Jews, the experience of belonging and not belonging, of being rendered migrants and internal exiles in their own country, began in the mid-nineteenth century, with the granting of certain civil rights to Jews residing in German territories. Lastly, the chapter presents a brief layout of the succeeding chapters' content.

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