1. Heidegger and Kabbalah is a unique analysis of Heidegger and kabbalah, a Jewish mystical text. Author Elliot Wolfson presents an alternate way of understanding the history of Western philosophy and argues that Jewish esoteric traditions influenced Heidegger, particularly through the work of Schelling. 2. This book offers a new way of looking at some of the most important concepts in Heidegger's thought, including hermeneutics, temporality, language, and nothingness and being. The juxtaposition of Heidegger and Jewish ...
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1. Heidegger and Kabbalah is a unique analysis of Heidegger and kabbalah, a Jewish mystical text. Author Elliot Wolfson presents an alternate way of understanding the history of Western philosophy and argues that Jewish esoteric traditions influenced Heidegger, particularly through the work of Schelling. 2. This book offers a new way of looking at some of the most important concepts in Heidegger's thought, including hermeneutics, temporality, language, and nothingness and being. The juxtaposition of Heidegger and Jewish mysticism comes at a time when Heidegger's antisemitism is being exposed in his Black Notebooks. 3. Wolfson is a senior scholar who is well-recognized as an interpreter of Heidegger and Jewish mysticism. This an all-encompassing book from a philosophical risk-taker.
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