Emil Fackenheim's Post-Holocaust Thought and Its Philosophical Sources

"""By exploring Fackenheim's rich engagement with key figures in the philosophical tradition, this important volume highlights - as Fackenheim himself did - the myriad ways in which the Holocaust, when confronted with genuine intellectual probity, puts the entirety of the philosophical tradition into question."" - Benjamin Pollock, Associate Professor of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ""Emil Fackenheim remains one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century. The essays in this collection are uniformly excellent and help clarify and raise anew a number of Fackenheim's major themes, including the relationship between history and philosophy and the significance of the Holocaust not just for Jews but for anyone concerned about the possibilities of morality and thinking after Auschwitz."" - Leora Batnitzky, Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion, Princeton University ""Kenneth Hart Green and Martin D. Yaffe have established themselves as leading scholars of Emil Fackenheim's work. Featuring contributors who represent a diverse set of views, including political perspectives, the essays in this collection are consistently of very high academic quality and a pleasure to read."" - Steven Frankel, Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University ""Rarely does a work of scholarship make an urgent contribution to its field, but this is one of those rare works. With a sense of ethical urgency, this book demands a response to Fackenheim's summons to acknowledge the Holocaust as an historical and transformational world event."" - David Patterson, Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas"