A philosophical retrospective : facts, values, and Jewish identity /

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As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carries with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montefiore, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Series:Columbia themes in philosophy.
Subjects:
Jews > Identity.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology) > Social aspects.
Self-perception > Social aspects.
Juifs > Identité.
Identité > Aspect social.
Identité (Psychologie) > Aspect social.
Perception de soi > Aspect social.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Identity (Psychology) > Social aspects
Jews > Identity
Self-perception > Social aspects
Ethnische Identität
Selbstbild
Juden
Philosophie
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Facts and values
  • 2. Identity, responsibility, and belonging
  • 3. Jewish identity: choosing our Identity
  • 4. Jewish Identity: the universal and the particular
  • 5. Jewish identity: a purely secular version
  • 6. An attempt at pulling together some threads and an Inconclusive conclusion
  • 7. Some extended postscripts.

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