{"product_id":"difficult-freedom-essays-on-judaism-9780801857836","title":"Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributes to a growing debate about the significance of religion--particularly Judaism and Jewish spiritualism--in European philosophy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Paul Sartre hailed him as the philosopher who introduced France to Husserl and Heidegger. Derrida has paid him homage as \"master.\" An original philosopher who combines the insights of phenomenological analysis with those of Jewish spirituality, Emmanuel Levinas has proven to be of extraordinary importance in the history of modern thought. Collecting Levinas's important writings on religion, \u003ci\u003eDifficult Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a growing debate about the significance of religion--particularly Judaism and Jewish spiritualism--in European philosophy. Topics include ethics, aesthetics, politics, messianism, Judaism and women, and Jewish-Christian relations, as well as the work of Spinoza, Hegel, Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, Simone Weil, and Jules Issac. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Levinas \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1906, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1930. His many books include \u003ci\u003eExistences and Essences\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in Paris in 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328344789266,"sku":"9780801857836","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35660479-ed81-41e1-8ee0-cec54327ee7f.jpg?v=1727736273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/difficult-freedom-essays-on-judaism-9780801857836","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}