- 264 pages
- English
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About this book
This book offers new perspectives on the early and formative years of the German-Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, through innovative studies of his German and Hebrew work in pre-war Germany and Palestine.
Covering all facets of Jonas's early work, the book brings together leading scholars to explore key conceptual, historical, genealogical, and biographical contexts. Some of the main topics examined include his deep intellectual history of Western thought and its origins in late antiquity through the category of Gnosis, the intellectual influence of Heidegger, Bultmann, Husserl, and Spengler, his relation to Christian theology, and his interest in Judaism and Zionism. Existing research on his early work is not only limited in size but also often methodologically deficient, for it is common to interpret the early in light of the late and as teleologically leading to it. By introducing new materials and addressing new questions, this book offers innovative perspectives on Jonas's intellectual project as a whole and provides a historical and conceptual foundation for further scholarly explorations of his oeuvre.
Providing fresh insights into the work of one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers, the book will appeal to students and researchers working in intellectual history, Jewish studies, and religion.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- 1 From Husserl to Heidegger: Jonas’ Double Memory
- 2 Lessons in Interrogative Thinking: Jonas and Bultmann
- 3 Hans Jonas’ Contributions to Rudolf Bultmann’s Demythologization
- 4 The Aporias of Human Freedom: An Early Letter and Its Long Impact
- 5 Hans Jonas’ and Hannah Arendt’s Variations on St. Augustine
- 6 Hans Jonas on Gnosis and Late Antiquity: In Search of the Spirit of an Epoch
- 7 A Historical Transcendental at the Heart of Jonas’ Research on Gnosticism
- 8 The Gnostic Myth as a Gambit in German Intellectual Tradition
- 9 Gnosis und spätantiker Geist. Teil II: The Forgotten Book
- 10 From Gnosis und spätantiker Geist to The Gnostic Religion: The Jerusalem Period in Hans Jonas’ Intellectual Development
- 11 Once a Gnostic, Always a Gnostic: The Persistence of Gnosticism in Hans Jonas’ Post-War Thought
- 12 Resisting Nihilism: The Motif of Entwurzelung in Jonas’ Early Writings
- Index