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"Modern Jewish thought" is often defined as a German affair, with interventions from Eastern European, American, and Israeli philosophers. The story of France's development of its own schools of thought has not been substantially treated outside the French milieu. This anthology of modern French Jewish writing offers the first look at how this significant and diverse body of work developed within the historical and intellectual contexts of France and Europe. Translated into English, these documents speak to two critical axes-the first between Jewish universalism and particularism, and the second between identification and disidentification of French Jews with France as a nation. Offering key works from Simone Weil, Vladimir Jankelevitch, Emmanuel Levinas, Albert Memmi, Helene Cixous, Jacques Derrida, and many others, this volume is organized in roughly chronological order to highlight the connections among religion, politics, and history as they coalesce around a Judaism that is unique to France.Hardcover is un-jacketed.
Contents
Foreword Introduction I. THE ISRAELITE OF THE REPUBLIC Joseph Salvador, The People James Darmesteter, Preface, The Prophets of Israel Zadoc Kahn, Speech on the acceptance of his position as chief rabbi of France Bernard Lazare, Judaism's Conception of the Social and the Jewish People; Jewish Capitalism and Democracy Andre Spire, Preface (1959) to Jewish Poems; Prologue (1919) to Jewish Poems; Jewish Dreams Sylvain Levi, Alliance israelite universelle Edmond Fleg, Why I Am a Jew II. THE CATACLYSM AND THE AFTERMATH Simone Weil, What Is a Jew? Robert Gamzon, Tivliout: Harmony Jacob Gordin, The Galuth Emmanuel Levinas, The Jewish Experience of the Prisoner Vladimir Jankelevitch, Judaism, an "Internal Problem" Sarah Kofman, Smothered Words III. UNIVERSAL AND PARTICULAR: THE JEW AND THE POLITICAL REALM Albert Memmi, The Jew, the Nation, and History Richard Marienstras, The Jews of the Diaspora, or the Vocation of a Minority Andre Neher, The Jewish Dimension of Space: Zionism Henri Atlan, Jerusalem: The Terrestrial, the Celestial Shmuel Trigano, Klal Israel: The Totality minus One IV. IDENTIFICATION, DISIDENTIFICATION Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar, The Lost Children of Judaism Leon Ashkenazi, Tradition and Modernity Alain Finkielkraut, From the Novelesque to Memory Helene Cixous, Albums and Legends; The Dawn of Phallocentrism Jacques Derrida, Avowing-the Impossible: "Returns," Repentance, and Reconciliation, a Lesson Stephane Moses, Normative Modernity and Critical Modernity Acknowledgments Suggestions for Further Reading Index
