„Autobiography? I feel like I wrote it too early…” Fackenheim’s dream of Aufhebung Cover Image

„Autobiografia? Mam wrażenie, że napisałem ją za wcześnie…” Fackenheima marzenie o Aufhebung
„Autobiography? I feel like I wrote it too early…” Fackenheim’s dream of Aufhebung

Author(s): Piotr Weiser
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Jewish studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Jewish Thought and Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Fackenheim; Jewish philosophy; autobiography; Hegel; Auschwitz; Jerusalem

Summary/Abstract: The essay is an attempt to read the autobiography of the Jewish philosopher Emil L. Fackenheim (1916–2003), born in Halle exiled to Toronto, settled in Jerusalem, an experienced reader of Hegel. Fackenheim asks Hegel about the significance of the XXth century, seeking in his philosophy clues, if not answers. Above all, he confronts Hegelian dialectics with the reality that he calls the planet of Auschwitz.

  • Issue Year: 16/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-166
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish