Hannah Peacman is going to present a working paper on 'The "dybbuk" returns. Jewish traditions in philosophy. A systematic appraoch'

Hannah Peaceman presents the first part of the third chapter of her PhD-project on "Jewish traditions in philosophy in the 19th century and their potential for questions of political philosophy today". The chapter deals with the meaning of "Jewish" in the context of philosophy. The first question is, how the term can be defined without excluding contradictionary, changing and ambigous meanings. The second question is, where Jewish traditions in philosophy are usually located. The claim of the chapter is that Jewish traditions in philosophy can be found at the boarders of philosophy, "Jewish" serves as a characteristic of distinction. Vice versa, this text shows how the exclusion of Jewish traditions in philosophy relies on unphilosophic premises. Further, it argues that their lies a potential in these Jewish perspectives for a critical review of philosophical aspirations to universalism that is determined by exclusion of differences and contradictions. In this sense the "dybbuk" returns.