To Mend the World : Foundations of Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought

"This subtle and nuanced study is clearly Fackenheim's most important book." -Paul Mendes-Flohr" . . . magnificent in sweep and in execution of detail." -Franklin H.LittellIn To Mend the World Emil L. Fackenheim points the way to Judaism's renewal in a world and an age in which all of our notions-about God, humanity, and revelation-have been severely challenged.He tests the resources within Judaism for healing the breach between secularism and revelation after the Holocaust.Spinoza, Rosenzweig, Hegel, Heidegger, and Buber figure prominently in his account.