Reflections on Identity

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The Jewish Case

Avi Sagi, Batya Stein

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Academic Studies Press
07 April 2017

Judaism: life & practice; Jewish studies

Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Two basic approaches have shaped the identity discourse since antiquity. The essentialist view assumes that a person's identity does exist ""somewhere,"" and the discourse on identity is an attempt to disclose it. People do not create their identity, they only realize it. The opposite, deconstructionist view, assumes that the identity is only a linguistic fiction; we have no identity outside our concrete history, which reflects a constantly ongoing dynamic change. The present book offers a third option. It accepts that identity is not a priori datum that precedes our existence but claims we do have a set historical cultural identity it calls ""primary,"" expressing a permanent foundation of our biography. On its basis, we build our concrete identity. Engaging in a critical analysis, the book exposes the foundations and the borders of the identity field. As a test case that illustrates its claims, it presents the discourse on Jewish identity. Lively, vigorous, and widely recorded, this discourse conveys many nuances of the tension between continuity and change and is thus uniquely fit to convey the significance of the identity discourse.

By: Avi Sagi
Translated by: Batya Stein
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 333g
ISBN: 9781618115348
ISBN 10: 1618115340
Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Avi Sagi is a professor of philosophy at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he established the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He has written and edited many books and articles in philosophy, among them Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd; Kierkegaard, Religion, and Existence: The Voyage of the Self; Jewish Religion after Theology, and Prayer after the Death of God. His contribution to contemporary Jewish philosophy has recently been showcased in Avi Sagi: Extentialism, Pluralism, and Identity ed. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes (Leiden: Brill, 2015).

Reviews for Reflections on Identity: The Jewish Case

There is much to commend in Sagi's most recent work. He situates his thought well in various theological and philosophical traditions and argues his claims cogently and concisely. ... Sagi has provided an insightful and compelling study that should appeal to a wide array of readers. -- Sheldon Steen * Reading Religion *