Rethinking Jewish philosophy beyond particularism and universalism

Breaking with received opinion, this book seeks to challenge the exclusionary, essentialist, and even totalitarian nature that is inherent to the practice of what is problematically referred to as 'Jewish philosophy'. Hughes begins with the premise that Jewish philosophy, as it is presentl...

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Main Author: Hughes, Aaron W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
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