Core Readings in Modern Jewish Thought

SAME AS HIST-GA 1277 & DRAP-GA 1606.

An in-depth analysis of Spinoza’s *Ethics* reading it as a guide to inner liberation. Gilles Deleuze’s interpretation of the *Ethics* will be used. Note: this is a two semester course, though the first semester can be taken alone.* This is the second semester of the course.

Philosophical themes in the writings of Mendelssohn, Cohen, Rosenzweig, Buber, Soloveitchik, Fackenheim, and Levinas.