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Jacob & Esau
Accommodates both the cosmopolitan narrative of the Jewish diaspora with traditional Jews and their culture.
Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902-1945
This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna.
Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile
A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots.
The Cambridge Companion to Popper
This is one of the most comprehensive collections of critical essays to be published on the philosophy of Karl Popper.
The Cambridge Companion to Philo
The Cambridge Companion to Philo presents an accessible account of Philo of Alexandria and his works, which constitute an essential source for the study of the Judaism of the turn of the eras, the rise of Christianity, and the history of Greek philosophy. The volume surveys key areas of Philonic studies and gives readers a sense of the current state of scholarship.
Jewish Emancipation
Sorkin seeks to reorient Jewish history by offering the first comprehensive account in any language of the process by which Jews became citizens with civil and political rights in the modern world.
The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe
Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Roma sentiment, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated.
Conflicting Philosophies and International Trade Law
This book reveals how conflicting worldviews are at the root of public controversies on policy and trade issues. It highlights the particularly controversial disputes at the level of the World Trade Organization in the case of regulating beef-hormones and GMOs, aiming to show how negotiators of international agreements, members of dispute settlement bodies, and policy makers in general could have recourse to concepts of other disciplines such as epistemology and philosophy in order to address deadlocked legal disputes. Ultimately, the book is a manifesto for independent and critical research.
Jewish Exiles and European Thought during the Third Reich
A study of how forced exile from 1930s Germany informed the scholarship of four German-speaking, Jewish intellectuals.
Popper's Open Society After Fifty Years
Popper's Open Society After Fifty Years presents a coherent survey of the reception and influence of Karl Popper's masterpiece The Open Society and its Enemies over the fifty years since its publication in 1945, as well as applying some of its principles to the context of modern Eastern Europe. This unique volume contains papers by many of Popper's contemporaries and friends, including such luminaries as Ernst Gombrich, in his paper 'The Open Society and its Enemies: Remembering its Publication Fifty Years Ago'.
