Light Through the Crack

The Meaning of Life in the Face of Adversity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvAvi Sagi

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Perhaps more than anything else, it prompts us to ponder: what does this encounter with widespread anguish and distress imply about the human self-perception as sovereign rulers of Earthly life?In this book, renowned thinker Avi Sagi explores the existential matters brought to the philosophical fore by the pandemic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-07
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor213
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031273902
OriginaltitelOr Mitokh HaSedek
ÖversättareStein, Batya

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
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Avi Sagi is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and founder of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies at Bar-Ilan University as well as Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. He has published extensively on continental philosophy, Jewish thought, ethics, and religion. He is the author of many books, including Morality and Religion: The Jewish Story (Palgrave, 2021).

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: An Essay on the Crack.- Chapter 3: The Ethics of a Solidary Stand in an Epidemic: Thoughts on The Plague.- Chapter 4: From Solipsism to Being with the Other.- Chapter 5: Epidemics, Rebellion, and Faith.- Chapter 6: Guilt, Responsibility, and Interpersonal Relations.- Chapter 7: Bereavement and Moral Birth: On Jacob’s Moral Development.- Chapter 8: Suffering, Compassion, and Consolation: Reflections on Aharon Appelfeld’s Writings.- Chapter 9: The Thou-“Other” Dialogue: On Distance and Closeness. Chapter 10: Epilogue.