Dynamic Repetition – History and Messianism in Modern Jewish Thought

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By Gilad Sharvit

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Dynamic Repetition offers a groundbreaking exploration of modern Jewish messianism through the lenses of history, theology, and philosophy. Gilad Sharvit investigates the themes of repetition, return, and cyclical time that sparked new messianic ideas in late 19th- and early 20th-century German Jewish thought. By analysing the concept of dynamic repetition in the works of Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, and Sigmund Freud, the book reveals fresh insights into Jewish messianism and its relation to broader twentieth-century philosophical and critical movements.
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This book is ideal for academics, scholars, and readers interested in Jewish thought, philosophy, theology, and the history of ideas, especially those focused on modern Jewish messianism and German-Jewish intellectual traditions.

"Dynamic Repetition proposes a new understanding of modern Jewish theories of messianism across the disciplines of history, theology, and philosophy. This book explores how ideals of repetition, return, and the cyclical occasioned a new messianic impulse across an important swath of late nineteenth and early twentieth century German Jewish thought"--

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A fine example of the best scholarship that lies at the intersection of philosophy, religion, and history.

Dynamic Repetition proposes a new understanding of modern Jewish theories of messianism across the disciplines of history, theology, and philosophy. The book explores how ideals of repetition, return, and the cyclical occasioned a new messianic impulse across an important swath of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German Jewish thought. To grasp the complexities of Jewish messianism in modernity, the book focuses on diverse notions of “dynamic repetition” in the works of Franz Rosenzweig, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, and Sigmund Freud, and their interrelations with basic trajectories of twentieth-century philosophy and critical thought.

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Praised as a "wonderful analysis" that realigns the Jewish philosophical canon, Dynamic Repetition has been recognised for uncovering novel lines of thought in major German-Jewish thinkers (Germanic Review). The work is deemed "profound and illuminating," offering an indispensable perspective on the balance between historical continuity and transformative change in modern Jewish philosophy (Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas). Its sharp, imaginative, and clear analysis makes it significant for scholars and readers interested in philosophy, religion, and history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684581030

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Brandeis University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 182.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 418g

Pages: 332

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About the Author

Gilad Sharvit is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Towson University. Sharvit is the author of Therapeutics and Salvation: Freud and Schelling on Freedom and coeditor and contributing author of Freud and Monotheism: The Violent Origins of Religion and Canonization and Alterity: Heresy in Jewish History, Thought, and Literature.