Author

Publication

2013 - De Gruyter, Inc.

Language

English

Word Count

61,500 words, Guess

Page Count

246 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCBD236.M43 2013

Description

"In discussion with M. Buber, F. Rosenzweig, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Franz Fischer and Emmanuel Levinas, Ephraim Meir outlines a novel conception of a selfhood that is grounded in dialogical thought. He focuses on the shaping of identity in present day societies and offers a new view on identity around the concepts of self-transcendence, self-difference, and trans-difference. Subjectivity is seen as the concrete possibility of relating to an open identity, which receives and hosts alterity. Self-difference is the crown upon the I ; it is the result of a dialogical life, a life of passing to the other. The religious I is perceived as in dialogue with secularity, with its own past and with other persons. It is suggested that with a dialogical approach one may discover what unites people, whose differences remain." --from back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Dialogical Thought and Identity: Trans-Different Religiosity in Present Day SocietiesDe Gruyter, Inc.2013-01-01

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