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Fackenheim and responses to the holocaust michael l. 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. Read jewish philosophy and the academy online, read in mobile or kindle. Pdf emil fackenheim and the 614th commandment craig r. Emil fackenheim, now retired from the university of toronto, is one of canadas most influential and internationally recognized philosophers. I find fackenheims later thought to be of compelling relevance for north american jewry precisely because the holocaust and the state of israel are two. Fackenheim points the way to judaisms renewal in a world and an age in which all of our notionsabout god, humanity, and revelationhave been severely. God lacks perfect knowledge of the free choices that humans make in the. The theologian emil fackenheim believes that such was the magnitude of hitlers crimes that we must consider him as representing a radical evil, an eruption of demonism into history. He tests the resources within judaism for healing the. Emil fackenheim, the holocaust, and philosophy chapter the. An introduction, university of toronto press, 20, 399pp. In this revealing book, david patterson explores fackenheim s rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the holocaust.
Fackenheim the 614th commandment our topic today has two presuppositions which, i take it, we are not going to question but will simply take for granted. Publication date 1987 topics judaism publisher new york. Foundations of postholocaust jewish thought 9780253321145. Download jewish philosophy and the academy ebook for free in pdf and epub format. The role played by religion in the development of economic systems has been a subject of respectable scholarly investigation since the time of max weber and r.
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