Contraversions: Jews and Other Differenc Politics and the Limits of Law: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review, and the Incorporation of the Avant-Garde, (Hardcover)

This book explores the emergence of the fundamental political concepts of medieval Jewish thought, arguing that alongside the well-known theocratic elements of the Bible there exists a vital tradition that conceives of politics as a necessary and legitimate domain of worldly activity that preceded religious law in the ordering of society.