Freedom of lights Edmond Jabès and Jewish philosophy of modernity

Edmond Jabès was one of the most intriguing Jewish thinkers of the 20th century--a poet for the public and a Kabbalist for those who read his work more closely. This book turns his writings into a ground-breaking philosophical achievement: thinking which is manifestly indebted to the Kabbalah, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tacik, Przemyslaw, 1985- author (author), Poniatowska, Patrycja, translator (translator)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Peter Lang [2019]
Series:Studies in Jewish history and memory ; Volume 12.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746138706719
Table of Contents:
  • Jewish philosophy of modernity
  • Edmond Jabes: life and writing
  • Tzimtzum: Jabes and Luria
  • Negative ontology: the vocable; god, nothing and the name
  • Messianism of writing
  • The concept of the book
  • Judaism and writing
  • The shoah and anti--semitism
  • Jabes' ethics: repetition, resemblance and hospitality
  • Theology of the point: Jabes as a modern Kabbalist.