Tuesday, August 08, 2017

On philosophy, balls, and Jewish ritual

MICHAEL SATLOW: Shared, but How?
What is a “ball”? Does a ball exist when there is nobody around to see it?
Despite what might seem like an unpromising opening, this blog post is actually a nice report on a recent conference on Jewish ritual practices at the University of Erfurt. The work of Bruno Latour comes in too, especially in relation to that ball.

HT AJR.

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