Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

By: Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris

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Hardcover | 28 June 2018

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What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion? Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age? The argument of this book is that Joseph Soloveitchik (1903-1993) - the leading twentieth-century exponent of Modern Orthodoxy - presents an interpretation of halakhic Judaism, grounded in traditional sources, that brings a life-affirming Nietzschean sensibility to the religious life and thus serves as a Nietzschean conceptual response to the Nietzschean critique. Soloveitchik develops a form of Judaism which parries Nietzsche's critique by partially absorbing it, and is replete with key Nietzschean ideas. This original study of Soloveitchik's philosophy creates a novel context that highlights his unique contribution to Jewish thought for students and scholars in Jewish Studies, while also revealing his wider significance for those working more broadly in fields such as philosophy and Religious Studies.

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'Daniel Rynhold and Michael J. Harris's new book, Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, is a thoughtful, meticulously researched attempt to do what seems on its surface to be impossible: to reconcile the thought of one of Judaism's most notorious and vociferous critics with that of one of its most thoughtful and eloquent advocates.' Benjamin Ricciardi, Reading Religion
'In many ways [a] ... fine example of scholarship from which readers can learn a great deal ... well-researched and documented; the authors obviously have a very good knowledge of Nietzsche's writings and the scholarship surrounding Nietzsche, as well as the thought of Soloveitchik.' Robert C. Holub, Nietzsche-Studien
'a compelling comparison between ... Friedrich Nietzsche and the late modern Jewish philosopher Joseph D. Soloveitchik.' Miriam Feldmann Kaye, Daat: A Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

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