Of Jews and Animals

Of Jews and Animals
Authors
Andrew E. Benjamin
Publisher
Edinburgh UP
Tags
art , criticism & theory , philosophy , aesthetics , religion , judaism , general
ISBN
9780748640539
Date
2010-09-15T20:53:14+00:00
Size
1.22 MB
Lang
en
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By developing his own conception of the 'figure' Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. As Benjamin makes clear the 'Other' is never abstract. He underscores the means by which the ethical imperative, arising from the way the history of philosophy and the history of art are constructed, shows us how to respond to an already identified, even if unacknowledged, determinant other.