Levinas and Maimonides
From Metaphysics to Ethical Negative Theology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Fagenblat (0000-0003-2321-2682, 1Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-147 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-699X • E-ISSN: 1477-285X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/105369908785822133 |
| OpenAlex | W2033770712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
After an initially sympathetic reading of Maimonides, Levinas develops an ambivalent attitude toward the Great Eagle, whom he views as a champion of intellectualist Judaism. Nevertheless, insights from the early engagement with Maimonides are carried forth into the central claims of Totality and Infinity regarding freedom, creation, particularity and transcendence. Levinas' arguments are directed at Heidegger but can also be seen as a phenomenological repetition of the medieval dispute about the eternity of the world. Later, Levinas continues this engagement with Maimonides by transforming the latter's negative theology into what I call ethical negative theology
Ambivalence · Champion · Epistemology · Eternity · Infinity · Judaism · Metaphysics · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |