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.
Author Biography
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.
