Rosenzweig and Heidegger: Between Judaism and German Philosophy

By Peter Eli Gordon

University of California Press
Publication date: July 2003

ISBN: 9780520932401

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""With brilliance and considerable daring, Peter Gordon's Rosenzweig and Heidegger broaches the possibility of a shared horizon and a promising dialogue between these two seminal figuresâ¿¿these antipodesâ¿¿of twentieth-century thought. It will be the bench mark for future work in the field.""â¿¿Thomas Sheehan, author of Heidegger: The Man and the Thinker ""In this brilliant book, Peter Gordon sheds light on Rosenzweig's most important philosophical book, The Star of Redemption, by means of an unexpected (and sure to be controversial) comparisonâ¿¿with the philosophy of Heidegger's Being and Time. The result is a ""must read"" for anyone with a serious interest in either thinker.""â¿¿Hilary Putnam, author of The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays ""A major work. Gordon persuasively argues that the true originality of Rosenzweig's achievement, heretofore associated with a distinctively ""Jewish"" break with his German philosophical milieu, only becomes intelligible from within that very milieu. Focusing on resemblances between Rosenzweig's and Heidegger's projects, Gordon discerns the contours of a post-Nietzschean religious sensibility condensed into the paradox of a ""redemption-in-the-world."" This book will be valued by readers of both Heidegger and Rosenzweig, and by anyone interested in the intersections of philosophy and religion.""â¿¿Eric L. Santner, author of On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life: Reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig ""A comparative reading of Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption and Heidegger's Being and Time. Peter Eli Gordon has written a work of exemplary erudition, analytical nuance, philosophical acumen and expository grace.""â¿¿Paul Mendes-Flohr, author of German Jews: A Dual Identity