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Javier Roiz and
Selma L. Margaretten (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
January 2, 2014
Pages
310
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438445625
ISBN-10
1438445628
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Original list price
$28.95
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Uncovers a fundamental change that took place in Western thinking, especially its departure from the Sephardic philosophy found in the Iberian Peninsula during the thirteenth century.
A Vigilant Society presents a provocative hypothesis that argues that Western society as we know it emerged from the soil of Jewish intellectual advances in the thirteenth century, especially those formulated on the Iberian Peninsula. A paradigmatic shift began to occur, one that abandoned the preâGothic Sephardic wisdom found in, for example, the writings of Maimonides in favor of what author Javier Roiz calls the âvigilant society.â This model embraces a conception of politics that includes a radical privatization of an individualâs interior life andâespecially as adopted and adapted in later centuries by Roman Catholic and Calvinist thinkersâis marked by a style of politics that accepts the dominance of power and control as given. Vigilant society laid the foundation for the Western understanding of politics and its institutions and remains pervasive in todayâs world.
A Vigilant Society presents a provocative hypothesis that argues that Western society as we know it emerged from the soil of Jewish intellectual advances in the thirteenth century, especially those formulated on the Iberian Peninsula. A paradigmatic shift began to occur, one that abandoned the preâGothic Sephardic wisdom found in, for example, the writings of Maimonides in favor of what author Javier Roiz calls the âvigilant society.â This model embraces a conception of politics that includes a radical privatization of an individualâs interior life andâespecially as adopted and adapted in later centuries by Roman Catholic and Calvinist thinkersâis marked by a style of politics that accepts the dominance of power and control as given. Vigilant society laid the foundation for the Western understanding of politics and its institutions and remains pervasive in todayâs world.
Editions
Hardcover
With Javier Roiz |
from State Univ of New York Pr (March 1, 2013)
9781438445632 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $90.00
About: "A Vigilant Society" presents a provocative hypothesis that argues that Western society as we know it emerged from the soil of Jewish intellectual advances in the thirteenth century, especially those formulated on the Iberian Peninsula.
About: "A Vigilant Society" presents a provocative hypothesis that argues that Western society as we know it emerged from the soil of Jewish intellectual advances in the thirteenth century, especially those formulated on the Iberian Peninsula.
Paperback
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With Javier Roiz |
from State Univ of New York Pr (January 2, 2014)
9781438445625 | details & prices | 310 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $28.95
About: Uncovers a fundamental change that took place in Western thinking, especially its departure from the Sephardic philosophy found in the Iberian Peninsula during the thirteenth century.
About: Uncovers a fundamental change that took place in Western thinking, especially its departure from the Sephardic philosophy found in the Iberian Peninsula during the thirteenth century.
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