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Auteur:	Cohen, Aryeh
Titel:	Justice in the City An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism
Uitgever:	Academic Studies Press
ISBN:	9781618112965
Serie:	New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 22,87
Verschijningsdatum:	16-05-2013
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:	Jewish studies
Geillustreerd:	Illustrations
Dewey code:	296.36

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	160
Hoogte mm.:	155
Breedte mm.:	234
Dikte mm.:	12
Gewicht gr.:	276

 

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Argues, based on the rabbinic textual tradition, 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.