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Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism - New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
Aryeh Cohen
Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism - New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
Aryeh Cohen
Argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation. That is, in a community thus conceived, the privilege of citizenship is the assumption of the obligations of the city towards Others who are not always in view - workers, the poor, the homeless.
160 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 16, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9781618112965 |
Publishers | Academic Studies Press |
Pages | 160 |
Dimensions | 234 × 155 × 12 mm · 276 g |
Language | English |