Abraham Mansbach

Born: Mexico, 1949

Residence: Israel

Publications

Authored Books

· Existence and Meaning: Heidegger on Man, Language and Art, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1998, (Hebrew).

· Beyond Subjectivism: Heidegger on Language and the Human Being, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

Articles

· Mansbach, A. 1991, “Heidegger on the Self: Authenticity and Inauthenticity,” Iyyun, the Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 40, pp. 65-91.

· Mansbach, A. 1994, “Rosselini's film Socrates in a Course on the History of Greek Philosophy.” Aitia, vol. 20, pp. 31‑32.

· Mansbach, A. 1994, "Heidegger on Works of Art and Authentic Existence", in Iyyun- The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 43 , pp. 427-440 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. 1995, “Rosselini's film Socrates in a Course on the History of Greek Philosophy.” The American Philosophical Association Newsletter (This article is a reproduccion of publication #6 above)

· Mansbach, A. 1997, "The Immortal: Jorge Luis Borges's Heideggerian approach to The Question of Death and Individuality." Revista Hispánica Moderna (Columbia University), vol. L, pp. 110-115 (Spanish).

· Mansbach, A. 1997, “Overcoming Anthropocentrism: Heidegger on the Heroic Role of Works of Art,” Ratio, vol. 10, pp. 157-169.

· Mansbach, A. 1997, "On the Passage from Modernism to Postmodernism", Iyyun- The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 46, pp. 193-208 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. 1998a, “Strange Epoch!” South African Journal of Philosophy, vol. 17, pp. 226-238.

· Mansbach, A. 1998b, "Heidegger: Philosophical Enemy/Political Enemy", Iyyun- The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly, vol.47, pp. 419-427 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. 1999a, "Heidegger's Critique of Cartesianism," Paideia Proceeding of the XX World Congress of Philosophy –(electronic publication).

· Mansbach, A. 1999b, Epoca Extraña... This article is a spanish translation of article 11 above.***

· Mansbach, A. 2000, “Beyond Subjectivism: Heidegger on Human Being and Language.” Philosophical Inquiry, vol. 22, pp.115-133.

· “Heidegger: sa critique et sa conquête du cartesianisme.” In Y. Senderowicz & Y.Wahl, eds. Descartes: Reception and Disenchantment, Tel Aviv: University Publishing Projects (2000): 141-151.

· Kaufman, R. & Mansbach, A. 2002 "On the Context of Ethical Decisions in Social Work," Society and Welfare, vol. 22, pp.185-198 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. & Hilfrich-Mansbach, C. 2002, “Ser Humano y Ser Judío en el Pensamiento Contemporaneo (Being Human and Being Jewish in Contemporary Thought): Maurice Blanchot and Hélène Cixous, Golsmith, S. (ed). Humanismo en el Pensamiento Judío (Humanism and Jewish Thought), México: Universidad Iberoamericana (CDRom)

· Mansbach, A. & Kaufman, R. 2003, “Ethical Decision Making of Social Workers Associations: A Case Study of the Israeli Association of Social Worker’s Responses to Whistle Blowing.” International Social Work, 46: 303–312.

· Mansbach, A. 2003, “Heidegger’s Dualism of the Self and its Traces in Rorty and Lyotard.” Iyyun- The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 52: 355–368 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach. A. 2005, “Criticism without Fear: A Critical Perspective on Social Work – Karl Marx and Michel Foucault”, Society and Welfare 25(2): 167 – 183 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. 2006, Heidegger on Practice, Language, and the Dualism of the Self. Philosophical Inquiry, vol. 28 (3-4): 63-75.

· Mansbach, A. 2007, "The Political Surplus of Whistleblowing: A Case Study." Business Ethics: A European Review 16(2): 124 – 130.

· Mansbach, A. & Bachner, Y. 2008. On Social Work and Whistleblowing. Society and Welfare 27(4): 551-566 (Hebrew).

· Mansbach, A. & Bachner, G. Y 2008. Self-Reported Likelihood of Whistleblowing by Social Work Students. Social Work Education 8 (2): 1-11.

· Mansbach, A. & Bachner, Y. 2008. On the Readiness of Social Work Students to Blow the Whistle in Protection of Client’s Interests, Social Work Ethics and Values, Fall…

· Mansbach, A. 2009. Keeping Democracy Vibrant: Whistleblowing as Truth-Telling in the Workplace. Constellations 16(2):

· Mansbach, A. (in preparation). Is Radical Democracy Possible in Israel? - On the Tension Between the 'I' and the 'We,' and on its (Micro) Political Consequences.

· Mansbach, A. (submitted). The Whistleblower as an Agent for Social Change. (Social Security-Hebrew).