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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elliot R. WolfsonPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9781503640665ISBN 10: 1503640663 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 29 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Together Apart; Melancholia and the Solitude of Philosophic Meditation 1. Brokenness of Being and Errancy of Ontological Untruth: Susan Taubes's Joyful Suffering 2. Between Athens and Jerusalem: The Dubious Certainty of Gillian Rose's Broken Middle 3. Death and the Infinitization of Finitude: Edith Wychogrod's Heterological Hermeneutic 4. Melancholic Redemption and the Hopelessness of Hope Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""In this rigorous yet poetic study, Wolfson engages dialogues with three remarkable Jewish philosophers: Susan Taubes responding to Heidegger, Gillian Rose criticizing post-modernism, Edith Wyschogrod exploring postmodern transcendence. Wolfson then weaves intellectual debts, heritages, and prospects—showing that we don't have to entrench ourselves 'on two sides of a line that nobody drew.'"" —Bettina Bergo, University of Montreal ""With his characteristic breadth and depth of learning, Wolfson introduces us to three subtle, original thinkers. He makes a convincing case that these Jewish women deserve to be understood as philosophers in the most profound sense of the term."" —Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University" """In this rigorous yet poetic study, Wolfson engages dialogues with three remarkable Jewish philosophers: Susan Taubes responding to Heidegger, Gillian Rose criticizing post-modernism, Edith Wyschogrod exploring postmodern transcendence. Wolfson then weaves intellectual debts, heritages, and prospects—showing that we don't have to entrench ourselves 'on two sides of a line that nobody drew.'""—Bettina Bergo, University of Montreal ""With his characteristic breadth and depth of learning, Wolfson introduces us to three subtle, original thinkers. He makes a convincing case that these Jewish women deserve to be understood as philosophers in the most profound sense of the term.""—Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University" ""In this rigorous yet poetic study, Wolfson engages dialogues with three remarkable Jewish philosophers: Susan Taubes responding to Heidegger, Gillian Rose criticizing post-modernism, Edith Wyschogrod exploring postmodern transcendence. Wolfson then weaves intellectual debts, heritages, and prospects—showing that we don't have to entrench ourselves 'on two sides of a line that nobody drew.'"" —Bettina Bergo, University of Montreal ""With his characteristic breadth and depth of learning, Wolfson introduces us to three subtle, original thinkers. He makes a convincing case that these Jewish women deserve to be understood as philosophers in the most profound sense of the term."" —Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University Author InformationElliot R. Wolfson is Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His most recent book is The Philosophical Pathos of Susan Taubes: Between Nihilism and Hope (Stanford, 2023). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |