Date 19 February 2020
Pages 67
Format cm 13 x 18
Price € 12.90
EAN 9782227497993
Publisher Website www.bayard-editions.com

Understanding the World

Publisher Bayard
COLLECTION Les petites conférences
GENRE Essay
Keywords Philosophy - Story
Stories and great texts help us understand the world.

Delphine Horvilleur questions how we understand the world, and how we tell it. Rabbis know the importance of storytelling better than anyone. So she talks about her profession as a woman rabbi, defining it as an act of listening and openness. Texts seek to establish a link between generations, the fact that each one is different, and that the world needs updates. Reconstructing the meaning of words to make them relevant.