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Politics & Social Sciences

Eidelberg, Paul

Politics & Government

University of Illinois Press

Going beyond Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind, Paul Eidelberg shows how the cardinal principles of democracy--freedom and equality--can be saved from the degradation of moral relativism by applying Jewish law to these principles. The author attempts to overcome the dichotomy of religion and secularism as well as other contradictions of Western civilization by means of a philosophy of history that uses thoroughly rational concepts and is supported by empirical evidence.Eidelberg enumerates and elucidates the characteristics that make Jewish law particularly suited to reopening the secular mind and elevating democracy's formative principles. The author compares and contrasts Jewish law with political philosophy. His goal is to derive freedom and equality from a conception of man and society that goes beyond the usual political and social categories, avoiding both relativism and absolutism. In conclusion, Eidelberg attempts to overcome the perennial problem of democracy: how to reconcile wisdom and consent. This he does by sketching the basic institutions of a new community. This unique analysis should be read by political and religious theoreticians alike.

Beyond the Secular Mind: A Judaic Response to the Problems of Modernity (Contributions in Philosophy)

Social Sciences

Praeger

A Jewish Philosophy of History: Israel's Degradation & Redemption

In A Jewish Philosophy of History, Prof. Paul Eidelberg unites three disciplines--politics, philosophy, and science--in reader-friendly language.  After a candid discussion of Israel's intellectual and political inability to overcome Arab hostility, Eidelberg sets forth a comprehensive remedial program. This requires nothing less than a reconstruction of the mentality as well as the system of governance that dominates Israel and hinders a renaissance of Hebraic civilization. This renaissance is essential for overcoming the clash of civilizations between the West now mired in relativism, and Islam long trapped in absolutism.  Eidelberg explains that Judaism is not a religion, but a verifiable system of knowledge. Citing the works of eminent physicists from Einstein to Hawking, he reveals the convergence of science and Torah. He then sets forth the world-historical program of the Torah.  But what is most remarkable, he proceeds to show how philosophers, scientists, and empires since the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 586 BCE, have unwittingly facilitated the Torah's world-historical program!  He concludes by elucidating the basic principles of Hebraic civilization, precisely what mankind needs to avoid the scourge of nihilism and barbarism.

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

iUniverse

An American Political Scientist in Israel  recounts the author's meetings with some of Israel's political and intellectual leaders after he immigrated to Israel in 1976. His book reveals, for the first time, the flawed mentality of these elites and how this affects their foreign policy. As a political scientist and student of the America's Founding Fathers, he provides a professional critique of Israel's ideological and institutional flaws. Eidelberg also provides a detailed account of Israel's economic and technological contribution to the United States. Contrary to conventional opinion, dollar for dollar, the United States receives more from Israel than Israel receives from the United States! Finally, Eidelberg offers a remedy for Israel's woes. He first shows that although Israel, is a democracy from a sociological perspective, it is not a democracy from a political-institutional perspective. Not only does Israel lack a written Constitution with institutional checks and balances, but members of the legislature are not individually accountable to the voters in constituency elections. Operating in Israel is not representative government so much as multi-party cabinet government dominated by the prime minister. Eidelberg has therefore drafted a Constitution that empowers the people and is consistent with basic Judaic principles.

An American Political Scientist in Israel: From Athens to Jerusalem

Lexington Books

Jewish Statesmanship is the first book that systematically interfaces political science and Torah. It not only reveals the fatal flaws of Israel's political and judicial institutions, but also provides a comprehensive program for reconstructing these institutions on solid Jewish and democratic foundations.

Jewish Statesmanship: Lest Israel Fall

University Press of America

On the Silence of the Declaration of Independence

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History

Americas

University of Massachusetts Press

Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Sadat's strategy (History in the making)

Dawn

The purpose of this work is replace the impoverished conception of the universe resulting from postmodernism or the philosophy of the void better known as nihilism. Nihilism has been spreading over Western Civilization for many decades and is quite prevalent in America. To rescue America from this toxic disease will not be an easy task. It will necessitate a fundamental critique of what Americans are most proud of: a college or university education. No longer do they transmit a clear and unwavering sense of national pride and purpose. Indeed, multicultural moral relativism has vitiated America’s primary foundational document, the Declaration of Independence. We must revive the once revolutionary ideas and loftiness of this document; we must clarify the Declaration’s never fully understood concept, “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” This book sets forth a unique method of analyzing the Declaration, whose ideas, rendered more lucid and profound and embracing, are indispensable for inspiring a new generation of Americans.

Rescuing America from Nihilism: A Judeo-Scientific Approach

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

With crime, drug addiction, nihilism, and pornography chipping away at the moral fiber of Western society, many people have turned to classical Greek philosophy and Christianity to restore both private and publilc morality. In Judaic Man, Professor Eidelberg argues tht the Greco-Christian tradition contains certain dichotomies that have resulted in the contemporary malaise, dichotomies that are foreign to Judaism. The author employs a Torah understanding of human nature and history to provide a model of man and community thta transcends the magnanimous man of classical political philosophy.

Judaic Man

Philosophy

Humanity Books

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