Thinking Proleptically: Paul Mendes-Flohr on Intellectual History as Second-Person Dialogue

Thinking Proleptically: Paul Mendes-Flohr on Intellectual History as Second-Person Dialogue

The current article argues that Paul Mendes-Flohr’s turn to address contemporary challenges faced by Jews at large, and Israeli Jews in particular, is proleptic in the sense that it excavates the anticipation of the current intellectual, spiritual and moral reality from the intellectual history of m...

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Published in:Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Switzerland ), 2022-04, Vol.13 (5), p.397
Main Author: Scharf, Orr
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Adaptations
Buber
Buber, Martin
Dialogue
German−Jewish thought
Hebrew Bible
Historical analysis
Historiography
History
History of philosophy
I and Thou
Jewish people
Martin
Mendes-Flohr, Paul R
modern reception of
Morality
Religious leaders
Spirituality
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Summary:The current article argues that Paul Mendes-Flohr’s turn to address contemporary challenges faced by Jews at large, and Israeli Jews in particular, is proleptic in the sense that it excavates the anticipation of the current intellectual, spiritual and moral reality from the intellectual history of modern German−Jewish thought. Based on a reading of his recent book, Cultural Disjunctions: Post-Traditional Jewish Identities, the discussion shows how Mendes-Flohr’s adaptation of Martin Buber’s call to aspire to I−Thou relations supports proleptic historiography both as a historiographical methodology and as a moral act.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444