Aharon David Gordon was a central figure in the early twentieth century pioneering community that built the infrastructure for a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel. The present work demonstrates the extent to which Gordon¿s philosophy of human existence, as a natural phenomenon, holds the key for understanding and confronting many of the problems facing Jewish and human existence in the present.
Aharon David Gordon was a central figure in the early twentieth century pioneering community that built the infrastructure for a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel. The present work demonstrates the extent to which Gordon¿s philosophy of human existence, as a natural phenomenon, holds the key for understanding and confronting many of the problems facing Jewish and human existence in the present.
Yossi Turner is Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy at The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. He has published extensively on philosophies of Jewish existence, Jewish religious philosophy, Jewish social thought and the philosophy of Halakha. Turner is also involved in developing an original philosophy of Jewish existence designed to explicate contemporary problems facing Jewish life and humanity.
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Table of Contents Part One: Introduction: Historical and Biographical Background 1. Introduction 2. A Quest for Life: Historical and Biographical Background Part Two: Philosophy and Life Nature, Society, and the Question of Ecological Responsibility 3. Gordon s Philosophy as a Response to Kant, Nietzsche, and Marx 4. The Foundations of A. D. Gordon s Philosophy of Man in Nature: Life, Self, and Experience 5. Critique of Society and Civilization 6. Religion, Family, and the Ethic of Ecological Responsibility Part Three: Life and Praxis 7. The National Self in A ad Häam, Brenner, and Gordon 8. Self-Realization as Self-Education 9. Freedom and Equality in Gordon s Ideas on the Founding of a Workers Settlement Part Four: National Individuality, Social Justice, and the Prospects of a Universal Humanity 10. Zionism and Diaspora Jewry 11. Jews and Arabs 12. National Individuality as a Condition of Universal Humanity Part Five: Conclusion 13. A Critical Summary Postscript: Contemporary Repercussions 14. The Malaise of Modernity: Durkheim and Taylor Versus Dewey Bibliography
Table of Contents Part One: Introduction: Historical and Biographical Background 1. Introduction 2. A Quest for Life: Historical and Biographical Background Part Two: Philosophy and Life Nature, Society, and the Question of Ecological Responsibility 3. Gordon s Philosophy as a Response to Kant, Nietzsche, and Marx 4. The Foundations of A. D. Gordon s Philosophy of Man in Nature: Life, Self, and Experience 5. Critique of Society and Civilization 6. Religion, Family, and the Ethic of Ecological Responsibility Part Three: Life and Praxis 7. The National Self in A ad Häam, Brenner, and Gordon 8. Self-Realization as Self-Education 9. Freedom and Equality in Gordon s Ideas on the Founding of a Workers Settlement Part Four: National Individuality, Social Justice, and the Prospects of a Universal Humanity 10. Zionism and Diaspora Jewry 11. Jews and Arabs 12. National Individuality as a Condition of Universal Humanity Part Five: Conclusion 13. A Critical Summary Postscript: Contemporary Repercussions 14. The Malaise of Modernity: Durkheim and Taylor Versus Dewey Bibliography
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