Gordon, Haim

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GORDON, Haim

GORDON, Haim. Israeli, b. 1936. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Philosophy. Career: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, lecturer, 197581, senior lecturer, 1981-92, associate professor, 1992-98, professor of education, 1998-. Visiting professor at universities worldwide. Publications: (with J. Bloch) Martin Buber: A Centenary Volume, Hebrew ed., 1981, English trans., 1984; Dance, Dialogue, and Despair, 1986; The Other Martin Buber, 1988; Make Room for Dreams, 1989; Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt, 1990; (with R. Gordon) Sartre and Evil: Guidelines for a Struggle, 1995; Quicksand: Israel, the Intifada, and the Rise of Political Evil in Democracies, 1995; Fighting Evil: Unsung Heroes in the Novels of Graham Greene, 1997; Looking Back at the June, 1967 War, 1999; Dwelling Poetically, 2000; The Heidegger-Buber Controversy, 2001; (with R. Gordon) Sartre's Philosophy and the Challenge of Education, 2001; (with R. Gordon) Sophistry and 20th Century Art, 2002; (with R. Gordon and T. Shriteh) Beyond Intifada, 2003; Heroism and Friendship in the Novels of Erich Maria Remarque, 2003. FORTHCOMING: (with S. Tamari) Maurice Merleau Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception; (with R. Gordon) Heidegger on Truth and Myth. EDITOR: (with L. Grob, and contrib.) Education for Peace, 1987; (with Grob and R. Hassan, and contrib.) Women's and Men's Liberation: Testimonies of Spirit, 1991; (with R. Gordon, and contrib.) Israel/Palestine: The Quest for Dialogue, 1991; (and author of preface) Jochanan Bloch: Jews and Judaism-A Political Philosophy (in Hebrew), 1998; (ed. in chief and author of intro.) Dictionary of Existentialism, 1999. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Address: Dept of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 94105 Beer-Sheva, Israel.