A rare collection of Rosenzweigs influential work on literary figurespublishers and music including Viktor von Weizsackers 1930 essay. ACommemorating Writing.Pu... » 

A rare collection of Rosenzweigs influential work on literary figurespublishers and music including Viktor von Weizsackers 1930 essay. ACommemorating Writing.Published here in English for the first time these essays offer a glimpse intothe cultural and social dimensions of Franz Rosenzweigs thought an aspectof his philosophy that has too often been ignored by an overemphasis on hisstatus as a religious thinker.Barbara E. Gaili provides a broader context for Rosenzweigs conceptsespecially his orientation in the modern world and concerns regarding modernityand technological developments. Gallis overriding theme of Rosenzweig and themodern world bridges his philosophical perspective on pagans Christians andJews with his views of Moses Mendelssohn the cultural significance ofLessing the writing of Stefan George and even the modern phenomenon of theconcert hall as recorded on the phonograph.As Galli explicates Rosenzweigs cultural musings devotees of Rosenzweig willfind new and refreshing approaches to his philosophical writings. «