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The Trace of Judaism. Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas.
Val Vinokur
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Paperback. Linking fresh readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, this title asks: how does Judaism haunt Russian literature; in what ways is Levinas' ethics as 'Russian' as it is arguably 'Jewish'; and, how do ethics and aesthetics inflect each other. Series Editor(s): Morson, Gary Saul. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Linking new readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, ""The Trace of Judaism"" asks: how does Judaism haunt Russian literature; in what ways is Levinas' ethics as 'Russian' as it is arguably 'Jewish'; and, more broadly, how do ethics and aesthetics inflect each other. Vinokur considers how the encounter with the other invokes responsibilities ethical and aesthetic, and shows how the volatile relationship between ethics and aesthetics - much like the connection between the Russian and Jewish traditions - may be inextricably symbiotic. In an ambitious work that illuminates the ... Read more
Linking new readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, ""The Trace of Judaism"" asks: how does Judaism haunt Russian literature; in what ways is Levinas' ethics as 'Russian' as it is arguably 'Jewish'; and, more broadly, how do ethics and aesthetics inflect each other. Vinokur considers how the encounter with the other invokes responsibilities ethical and aesthetic, and shows how the volatile relationship between ethics and aesthetics - much like the connection between the Russian and Jewish traditions - may be inextricably symbiotic. In an ambitious work that illuminates the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125858
SKU
V9780810125858
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About Val Vinokur
Val Vinokur is an assistant professor of comparative literature at Eugene Lang College/The New School. He lives in Brooklyn.
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