Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism - Couverture rigide

Cohen, Aryeh

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1936235641 ISBN 13 : 9781936235643

Editeur : Academic Studies Press, 2012

Synopsis

Justice in the City argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, 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. These Others form a constitutive part of the city. The second part of the book is a close analysis of homelessness, labor, and restorative justice from within the theory that was developed. This title will be useful for scholars and students in Jewish studies, especially rabbinic literature and Jewish thought, but also for those interested in contemporary urban issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aryeh Cohen (PhD Brandeis University) is an associate professor of Rabbinic Literature at the American Jewish University. His previous book is Rereading Talmud: Gender, Law and the Poetics of Sugyot (Brown University, 1998).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Studies Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936235641
• ISBN 13: 9781936235643
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible