The Trace of Judaism : Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
ISBN-10
0810125854
ISBN-13
9780810125858
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Imprint
Northwestern University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2009
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
319 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.70 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
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Linking fresh readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, this title asks: how does Judaism haunt Russian literature; in what ways is Levinas' ethics as 'Russian' as it is arguably 'Jewish'; and, how do ethics and aesthetics inflect each other.
Linking new readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, ""The Trace of Judaism"" asks: how does Judaism haunt Russian literature; in what ways is Levinas'' ethics as ''Russian'' as it is arguably ''Jewish''; and, more broadly, how do ethics and aesthetics inflect each other. Vinokur considers how the encounter with the other invokes responsibilities ethical and aesthetic, and shows how the volatile relationship between ethics and aesthetics - much like the connection between the Russian and Jewish traditions - may be inextricably symbiotic. In an ambitious work that illuminates the writings of all of these authors, Vinokur pursues the implications of this reading for our understanding an ethical function of literature.
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