The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence - Softcover

Heschel, Abraham Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805203613 ISBN 13: 9780805203615

Publisher: Schocken Books, 1987

Synopsis

America's problem number one is ... the promotion of spiritual homicide, the systematic liquidation of man as a person," writes Dr Heschel. Inquiring first into the day-to-day problems of our age, these essays uncover deeper concerns underlying social manifestations. Are we free when we fill our material needs merely? Isn't the heart of the relationship between doctor and patient to be found in the discovery of compassion and not in the technology of medicine? Have we betrayed our children by making their education a means and not an end? Dr Heschel calls for radical solutions for grappling with the fundamental features of human existence. With knowledge and insight, he illuminates the perplexities of modern man and points the way toward a sense of significant being.

About this title

About the Author:

Abraham Joshua Heschel was internationally known as a scholar, author, activist, and theologian. He was Professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0805203613
• ISBN 13: 9780805203615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320