| Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism Contributor(s): Cohen, Aryeh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1936235641 ISBN-13: 9781936235643 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $103.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Religion | Judaism - Talmud |
| Dewey: 296.36 |
| LCCN: 2011278407 |
| Series: New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.93 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
