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Autonomy and Judaism: The Individual and Community in Jewish Philosophical Thought »

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Authors: Daniel H. Frank
ISBN-13: 9780791412107, ISBN-10: 0791412105
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: October 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Daniel H. Frank

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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction1
Pt. 1Fundamentals and First Principles
Autonomy and Community9
Autonomy and Jewish Thought21
Tradition, Heritage, and Autonomy in Modern Jewish Thought41
Pt. 2Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
The Individual and the Community in the Normative Traditions of Judaism69
The Elimination of Perplexity: Socrates and Maimonides as Guides of the Perplexed121
Autonomy, Community, Authority: Hermann Cohen, Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss143
A Jewish Context for the Social Ethics of Marx and Levinas161
Individual and Communal Forgiveness193
Contributors219
Subject Index221
Name Index227

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