Elad Lapidot, "State of Others: Levinas and Decolonial Israel" (Indiana UP, 2025)
About this episode
Elad Lapidot discusses his work on Jewish thought and its relation to decolonial perspectives in Israel.
Elad Lapidot is Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Lille, France. His work is guided by questions concerning the relation between knowledge and politics. Among his publications: State of Others: Levinas and Decolonial Israel (Indiana UP, forthcoming), Politics of Not Speaking (Albany: SUNY Press, 2025), Jews Out of the Question: A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism (Albany: SUNY Press, 2020), Hebrew translation of Hegel’sPhänomenologie des Geistes (Tel Aviv: Resling Publishing, 2020), Heidegger and Jewish Thought: Difficult Others, edited with M. Brumlik (London/New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), and Etre sans mot dire : La logique de ‘Sein und Zeit’ (Bucarest: Zeta Books, 2010). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
People in this episode
Guest: Elad Lapidot
Topics covered
- Jewish Thought
- Decolonial Studies
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Levinas
- Israel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Lille, Indiana UP, SUNY Press, Resling Publishing, Rowman & Littlefield, Zeta Books
Books & works: State of Others: Levinas and Decolonial Israel, Politics of Not Speaking, Jews Out of the Question: A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism, Hebrew translation of Hegel’s Phänomenologie des Geistes, Heidegger and Jewish Thought: Difficult Others, Etre sans mot dire : La logique de ‘Sein und Zeit’
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