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Author:

Vatter, Miguel E., author.

Title:

Living law : Jewish political theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt / Miguel Vatter.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 348 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Judaism and politics.
Political theology.
Jewish law--Philosophy.
Judaism--Philosophy.
Jewish philosophy--19th century.
Jewish philosophy--20th century.
Judai˜sme et politique.
Theologie politique.
Droit juif--Philosophie.
Judai˜sme--Philosophie.
Philosophie juive--19e siecle.
Philosophie juive--20e siecle.
Jewish law--Philosophy.
Jewish philosophy.
Judaism and politics.
Judaism--Philosophy.
Political theology.
Judaism and politics.
Political theology.
Jewish law--Philosophy.
Jewish philosophy--Germany.
Jewish philosophy--19th century.
Jewish philosophy--20th century.
1800-1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : what is Jewish political theology? -- Philo and the origins of Jewish political theology -- Hermann Cohen and socialist democracy -- Franz Rosenzweig and religious constitutionalism -- Gershom Scholem and the mystical foundations of authority -- Leo Strauss and the concrete order of law -- Hannah Arendt and federalism -- Conclusion : the empty throne : from theocracy to anarchy.

Summary:

"In his 1935 treatise on divine sovereignty, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber introduced the idea of an 'anarchic soul of theocracy.' A decade before, the German jurist Carl Schmitt had coined the term 'political theology' in order to designate the Christian theological foundations of modern sovereignty and legal order. In a specular and opposite gesture, Buber argued that the covenant at Sinai established YHWH as the King of the Israelites and simultaneously promulgated the principle that no human being could become sovereign over this people. In so doing, Buber offered an interpretation of Jewish theocracy that is both republican and anarchic. Republican because, by pivoting on the idea that democracy is a function of a people's fidelity to a prophetic higher law, theocracy displaces the central role of the human sovereign. Anarchic because this divine law is saturated with the messianic aim to put an end to relations of domination between peoples. In this book I show that this republican and anarchic articulation of the discourse of political theology characterises the development of Jewish political theology in the 20th century from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0197546501
9780197546505

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1161996986

LCCN:

2020027302

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)