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Joshua Weinstein
Joshua Weinstein is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion at Shalem. He holds a BA in Physics from Princeton University, an M.A. in Philosophy from University of California at Irvine and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Hebrew University. He also studied Jewish law and thought at the R. Yitzchak Yechiel Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Weinstein’s research interests include classical and modern philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rorty), classical and modern Judaism (Bible, Talmud, Soloveitchik, Strauss), and general issues in moral psychology, philosophy of time, philosophy of mathematics, politics and human nature.
During 2009–2010, Weinstein is on leave as a Starr Fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
Bibliography
Dissertation
Thumos and Tripartition in Plato’s Republic (abstract)
Edited Books
Disobedience and Democracy (1998) Hebrew translation of classic essays (King, Gandhi, et. al.) with preface.
Conflict of Visions (2000) by Thomas Sowell. Hebrew translation with introduction.
Articles and Reviews
The Market in Plato’s Republic, Classical Philology 104 (2009) 439–58
Review of Eugene Sheppard, Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile, Hebraic Political Studies 3 (2008) 218–21
"The Use and Advantages of Pain" Azure 1 (Summer, 1996) 43–7
Works in Progress
What is yishuv medina? (presented at Political Hebraism conference, Princeton University, September 2008)
Coping and winning: a Dreyfusard account (Shalem PPR colloquium, May 2009)
Courses Taught
Major Themes in Jewish Political Thought
The Twelve Minor Prophets
Philosophical Introduction to Midrash
Philosophy of time
Paul's Epistle to the Romans
Plato’s Republic
Midrash on Biblical Stories: Abraham
Leo Strauss: Judaism and Political Philosophy
Political Thought of the Bible I
Political Thought of the Bible II
Political Thought of the Talmud
Ever Since Nietzsche
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