Monthly Archives: May 2012

Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion Conferenc

Posted on May 18, 2012 by zjb

Jewish philosophy gets into the mix. Bettina Bergo, Oona Eisenstadt, Menachem Matthew Feuer, and Claire Katz will be presenting at upcoming Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion Conference, which will take place at Ryerson University in June. You can see … Continue reading →

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The “Hitler” (Blog Search Term)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by zjb

 (Rudolf Herz, Zugzwang  [1995 installation]) I think I want to scrub “Hitler” from Jewish Philosophy Place (JPP), although I am pretty sure I won’t because it says something about how things Jewish work online. I had been wondering why my … Continue reading →

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Jewish Philosophy, Aesthetics, Technology (Photography)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by zjb

  (George Washington Bridge) The nexi between culture, art, religious thought, and religious practice emerge out of sensate materialities –visible, sonic, but also tactile, olfactory, or gustatory— relative to some historical situ. It is only thanks to culture that one … Continue reading →

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Flat (Architecture)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by zjb

(Time Warner and Trump International Hotel at 59th St. Viewed from across Sheep’s Meadow, Central Park) I like the super flat appearance of these 3 otherwise hideous buildings. One is nestled into the matching two others.  Maybe theoretical physicist Brian Greene … Continue reading →

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SpaceX (The Final Frontier: Big Science – Big Money)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by zjb

  Like in a bad science fiction, private corporations with names like XCOR, Virgin Galactic, Space Adventurs, SpaceX are planning to finance commercial space travel and other entrepreneurial interests. You can read about it at in this week’s Science Times … Continue reading →

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Big Rock (In the Middle of Nowhere)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by zjb

This is one of my favorite things to look at on the commute from Syracuse to New York. It’s big, dumb, and brutish. You’ll catch sight of it heading south on rt 380 on the spur connecting Scranton and rt.80. … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 15, 2012 by zjb

A very nice post by Bruce Rosenstock on the political theology of Lincoln and Melville. Bruce wants to know why Linclon and Melville aren’t included in the political theology discussions. Adam Kotsko thinks it has to do with anti-Americanism and … Continue reading →

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Zionism

Posted on May 14, 2012 by zjb

I wrote the chapter on “Zionism” for the Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever written. I tried to combine a historical retrospective and theory. Most of all, I wanted the right … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 14, 2012 by zjb

I also lked Hartley’s piece in Zeek. It suggests to me that parts of Kabbalah were or developed as a kind of mystical apologetic,, which would call into question its status as esoteric. The link is: http://www.zeek.forward.com/articles/117541/

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