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Jewish Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair

By: Kenneth Seeskin

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Jewish Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair

By: Kenneth Seeskin

Belief in the coming of a Messiah poses a genuine dilemma. From a Jewish perspective, the historical record is overwhelmingly against it. If, despite all the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, no legitimate Messiah has come forward, has the belief not been shown to be groundless? Yet for all the problems associated with messianism, the historical record also shows it is an idea with enormous staying power. The prayer book mentions it on page after page. The great Jewish philosophers all wrote about it. Secular thinkers in the twentieth century returned to it and reformulated it. And victims of the Holocaust invoked it in the last few minutes of their life. This book examines the staying power of messianism and formulates it in a way that retains its redemptive force without succumbing to mythology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107017920

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9781107017924

Asia's Computer Challenge

Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?

By: Jason Dedrick,Kenneth L. Kraemer

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Asia's Computer Challenge

Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?

By: Jason Dedrick,Kenneth L. Kraemer

How did the computer industry evolve into its present global structure? Why have some Asian countries succeeded more than others? Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer delve into these questions and emerge with an explanation of the rapid rise of the computer industry in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia's Computer Challenge makes a systematic comparison of the historical development of the computer industries of Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan and concludes that neither a plan versus market, nor a country versus company dichotomy fully explains the diversity found among these countries. The authors identify a new force--the emergence of a global production network. Reaching beyond specific companies and countries, this book explores the strategic implications for the Asian-Pacific countries and the United states. Now East Asia is faced with a challenge; they must make the move from low margin hardware business to high margin software and information businesses, while Americans must respond by maintaining leadership in standards, design, marketing, and business innovation.

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Oxford University Press

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0195352807

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9780195352801

Jew and Philosopher

The Return to Maimonides in the Jewish Thought of Leo Strauss

By: Kenneth Hart Green

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Jew and Philosopher

The Return to Maimonides in the Jewish Thought of Leo Strauss

By: Kenneth Hart Green

This is the first book to deal with the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss. Known primarily as one of the leading contemporary political thinkers, this book reveals another side of Leo Strauss—as one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the present century. The author presents the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss as powerful, original, and provocative, but also as essential for grasping the true character of Strauss's thought. His Jewish thought may prove to be the key to the proper understanding of his philosophic thought as a whole.

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293

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State University of New York Press

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1438404727

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9781438404721

The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge

Making Knowledge Serve Human Betterment

By: Kenneth E. Boulding,Lawrence Senesh

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The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge

Making Knowledge Serve Human Betterment

By: Kenneth E. Boulding,Lawrence Senesh

We all have more knowledge than we use; even so, say the editors of this book, ignorance often governs our actions. Society continues to find ways to misuse knowledge–from manipulating information to gain political power to restricting what ideas are explored on university campuses. Thus, when some of the best minds in the country met to focus on the optimum utilization of knowledge, it was not an idle academic inquiry. In these proceedings from that conference, which was sponsored by the Academy of Independent Scholars, the contributors examine several of the key aspects of learning: the importance of knowledge in decision making, the role of our educational system and other systems in producing and disseminating knowledge, and the relationship between knowledge and the physiological, psychological, and cultural bases of the learning process. The misuse of knowledge–or the overuse of ignorance–the authors note, could threaten the existence of the entire planet, if the kind of thinking exemplified by the nuclear arms race prevails.

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360

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Routledge

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1000304094

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Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides

By: Kenneth Hart Green

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Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides

By: Kenneth Hart Green

In Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides, Kenneth Hart Green explores the critical role played by Maimonides in shaping Leo Strauss’s thought. In uncovering the esoteric tradition employed in Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed, Strauss made the radical realization that other ancient and medieval philosophers might be concealing their true thoughts through literary artifice. Maimonides and al-Farabi, he saw, allowed their message to be altered by dogmatic considerations only to the extent required by moral and political imperatives and were in fact avid advocates for enlightenment. Strauss also revealed Maimonides’s potential relevance to contemporary concerns, especially his paradoxical conviction that one must confront the conflict between reason and revelation rather than resolve it. An invaluable companion to Green’s comprehensive collection of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides, this volume shows how Strauss confronted the commonly accepted approaches to the medieval philosopher, resulting in both a new understanding of Maimonides and a new depth and direction for his own thought. It will be welcomed by anyone engaged with the work of either philosopher.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226307018

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9780226307015

Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Michael D. Watkins,Clayton M. Christensen,Kenneth L. Kraemer,Michael E. Porter

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Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Michael D. Watkins,Clayton M. Christensen,Kenneth L. Kraemer,Michael E. Porter

The Harvard Business Review Leadership Library offers the most important leadership ideas from authors such as Michael D. Watkins, Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Porter, and John P. Kotter, to name just a few. This must-have digital collection includes The First 90 Days (Updated and Expanded), Blue Ocean Strategy (Expanded Edition), The Innovator’s Dilemma, Leading Change (With a New Preface by the Author), On Competition, Playing to Win, Remember Who You Are, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People, and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence.

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Harvard Business Review Press

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163369187X

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9781633691872

The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

By: Kenneth Seeskin

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The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

By: Kenneth Seeskin

One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138–1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages. He played a pivotal role in the transition of philosophy from the Islamic East to the Christian West. His greatest philosophical work, The Guide of the Perplexed, had a decisive impact on all subsequent Jewish thought and is still the subject of intense scholarly debate. An enigmatic figure, Maimonides continues to defy simple attempts at classification. The twelve essays in this volume offer a lucid and comprehensive treatment of his life and thought. They cover the sources on which Maimonides drew, his contributions to philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, and Bible commentary, as well as his esoteric writing style and influence on later thinkers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139826921

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Jewish Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair

Jewish Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair

Asia's Computer Challenge

Asia's Computer Challenge

Jew and Philosopher

Jew and Philosopher

The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge

The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge

Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides

Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides

Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)

Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)

The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

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