Creator Bio
Adi Ophir
b. 1951
Philosopher and editor Adi Ophir was born in Israel. He is an associate professor at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University, and a fellow at the Hartman Institute and the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem. He has written on ethics, political philosophy, and critical theory. Ophir was a founder of the periodical Teoryah uvikoret.
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Working for the Present: Essays on Contemporary Israeli Culture
Gentile is a category of difference. It is the point of departure, something self-evident. The Jew at prayer declares this daily: “Thou hast chosen us from all the…