{"title":"Gershom Scholem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGershom Scholem\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers profound insight into the mystical dimensions of Judaism, exploring complex themes within \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ereligion\u003c\/em\u003e. His works, including seminal studies on the origins of the Kabbalah, reveal a deep engagement with spirituality and esoteric thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond his scholarship, Scholem’s correspondence and biographical writings provide a personal glimpse into his intellectual journey and relationships. These texts balance rigorous analysis with intimate reflection, appealing to those interested in \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003espirituality\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ememoir\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-correspondence-of-hannah-arendt-and-gershom-scholem-by-gershom-scholem-9780226924519","title":"The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew people thought as deeply or incisively about Germany, Jewish identity, and the Holocaust as Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem. And, as this landmark volume reveals, much of that thinking was developed in dialogue, through more than two decades of correspondence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArendt and Scholem met in 1932 in Berlin and quickly bonded over their mutual admiration for and friendship with Walter Benjamin. They began exchanging letters in 1939, and their lively correspondence continued until 1963, when Scholem’s vehement disagreement with Arendt’s \u003ci\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e led to a rupture that would last until Arendt’s death a dozen years later. The years of their friendship, however, yielded a remarkably rich bounty of letters: together, they try to come to terms with being both German and Jewish, the place and legacy of Germany before and after the Holocaust, the question of what it means to be Jewish in a post-Holocaust world, and more. Walter Benjamin is a constant presence, as his life and tragic death are emblematic of the very questions that preoccupied the pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike any collection of letters, however, the book also has its share of lighter moments: accounts of travels, gossipy dinner parties, and the quotidian details that make up life even in the shadow of war and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world that continues to struggle with questions of nationalism, identity, and difference, Arendt and Scholem remain crucial thinkers. \u003ci\u003eThe Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem\u003c\/i\u003e offers us a way to see them, and the development of their thought, anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855860584684,"sku":"9780226924519","price":91.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21473473482268.jpg?v=1759281140"},{"product_id":"correspondence-1939-1969-by-gershom-scholem-9781509510450","title":"Correspondence, 1939 - 1969","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, Theodor W. Adorno’s critical social theory and Gershom Scholem’s scholarship of Jewish mysticism could not seem further removed from one another. Initially, they also harboured a mutual hostility. However, their first conversations in 1938 New York were the impetus for a profound intellectual friendship that lasted thirty years and produced more than 220 letters. These letters discuss a wide range of topics in philosophy, religion, history, politics, literature, and the arts, as well as the life and work of Adorno and Scholem’s mutual friend, Walter Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnfolding with the dramatic tension of a historic novel, the correspondence tells the story of these two intellectuals who faced tragedy, destruction, and loss, but also participated in the efforts to re-establish a just and dignified society after World War II. Scholem immigrated to Palestine before the war and developed his pioneering scholarship of Jewish mysticism prior to and during the problematic establishment of a Jewish state. Adorno escaped Germany to England, and then to America, returning to Germany in 1949 to participate in the efforts to rebuild and democratise German society. Despite the differences in their life paths and worldviews, the letters between Adorno and Scholem are evidence of a mutual concern for intellectual truth and hope for a more just society in the wake of historical disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe letters reveal, for the first time, the close philosophical proximity between Adorno’s critical theory and Scholem’s scholarship of mysticism and messianism. Their correspondence touches on questions of reason and myth, progress and regression, heresy and authority, and the social dimensions of redemption. Above all, their dialogue sheds light on the power of critical, materialistic analysis of history to bring about social change and prevent the repetition of past disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986638393580,"sku":"9781509510450","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12126753482725.jpg?v=1763001356"},{"product_id":"origins-of-the-kabbalah-by-gershom-scholem-9780691182988","title":"Origins of the Kabbalah","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Origins of the Kabbalah\u003c\/em\u003e in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in twelfth- and thirteenth-century southern France and Spain, showing its rich tradition of repeated attempts to achieve and portray direct experiences of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Origins of the Kabbalah\u003c\/em\u003e is a contribution not only to the history of Jewish medieval mysticism, but also to the study of medieval mysticism in general. Now with a new foreword by David Biale, this book remains essential reading for students of the history of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597469696236,"sku":"9780691182988","price":94.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/65f1e299ff46845db578c1240d16498f.jpg?v=1777958925"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/gershom-scholem.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}