Fackenheim

by Greenspan, Louis; Nicholson, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9780802027634
• ISBN10: 0802027636
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Emil Fackenheim, now retired from the University of Toronto, is one of Canada's most influential and internationally recognized philosophers. Bringing together philosophy and Jewish studies, his writings are relevant to a number of philosophical inquiries, including the philosophy of history, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion.
In this book an international group of philosophers presents an overview of Fackenheim's thought. The volume includes an introduction, ten papers, and a response from Fackenheim himself. Among the topics discussed are the influence of Hegel and German philosophy on Fackenheim, the elements that make up his own philosophy, and his views on Judaism, the Holocaust, and Christianity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 3
German Philosophy	p. 13
Synopsis	p. 15
Kant and Radical Evil	p. 18
The Passing of Hegel's Germany	p. 43
The Fragmented Middle: Hegel and Kierkegaard	p. 64
Reason and Existence in Schelling and Fackenheim	p. 90
Historicity, Historicism, and Self-Making	p. 118
Jewish Thought	p. 139
Synopsis	p. 141
Philosophy, History, and the Jewish Thinker: Philosophy and Jewish Thought in To Mend the World	p. 144
Reflections Concerning Holocaust History	p. 163
Fackenheim and Christianity	p. 176
Fackenheim as Zionist	p. 203
Revelation and Resistance: A Reflection on the Thought of Emil L. Fackenheim	p. 224
Fackenheim	p. 249
A Reply to My Critics: A Testament of Thought	p. 251
The Writings of Emil L. Fackenheim: A Complete Bibliography	p. 301
Notes on Contributors	p. 319
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