Heidegger and Kabbalah: Hidden Gnosis and the Path of Poiesis by Elliot R. Wolfson (Paperback, 2019)

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ISBN-13: 9780253042576, 978-0253042576. While many scholars have noted Martin Heidegger's indebtedness to Christian mystical sources, as well as his affinity with Taoism and Buddhism, Elliot R. Wolfson expands connections between Heidegger's thought and kabbalistic material.

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While many scholars have noted Martin Heidegger's indebtedness to Christian mystical sources, as well as his affinity with Taoism and Buddhism, Elliot R. Wolfson expands connections between Heidegger's thought and kabbalistic material. By arguing that the Jewish esoteric tradition impacted Heidegger, Wolfson presents an alternative way of understanding the history of Western philosophy. Wolfson's comparison between Heidegger and kabbalah sheds light on key concepts such as hermeneutics, temporality, language, and being and nothingness, while yielding surprising reflections on their common philosophical ground. Given Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism and his use of antisemitic language, these innovative readings are all the more remarkable for their juxtaposition of incongruent fields of discourse. Wolfson's entanglement with Heidegger and kabbalah not only enhances understandings of both but, more profoundly, serves as an ethical corrective to their respective ethnocentrism and essentialism. Wolfson masterfully illustrates the redemptive capacity of thought to illuminate common ground in seemingly disparate philosophical traditions.

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PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-139780253042576
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046503363

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Book TitleHeidegger and Kabbalah: Hidden Gnosis and the Path of Poiesis
Book SeriesNew Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Publication Year2019
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorElliot R. Wolfson
TopicPopular Philosophy, Judaism
Number of Pages468 Pages

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Item Height254 mm
Item Width178 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorElliot R. Wolfson

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