A philosophical retrospective facts, values, and Jewish identity

As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carried with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Montefiore, Alan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press 2010.
Colección:Columbia themes in philosophy.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Facts and Values?
  • 2. Identity, Responsibility, and Belonging
  • 3. Jewish Identity 1: "choosing our identity"?
  • 4. Jewish Identity 2: the universal and the particular
  • 5. Jewish Identity 3: a purely secular version?
  • 6. An Attempt at Pulling Together Some Threads- and an Inconclusive Conclusion
  • 7. Some Extended Postscripts
  • Notes
  • Index