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A reinterpretation of thinkers from Benjamin and Rosenzweig to Simone Weil and Derrida

Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays challenges the philosophical presentation of Judaism as the sublime ´other´ of modernity. Here, Gillian Rose develops a philosophical alternative to deconstruction and post-modernism by critically re-engaging the social and political issues at stake in every reconstruction.

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"A fierce vigilance of thought."
- Guardian

"This is a book to make one want to read philosophy once again. I can think of no higher praise."
- Times Higher Education

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Gillian Rose (1947-1995) was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science , Paradiso , Mourning Becomes the Law , The Broken Middle; Dialectic of Nihilism , Hegel Contra Sociology , and Love´s Work .

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