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Shalem Press Publications A Transforming the Intellectual Landscape of Israel Shalem Press was established in 1995 in order to enrich Israel’s intellectual life by translating classic works of Western thought into Hebrew for the first time. In the years since, we have broadened our mission to include Hebrew translations of important contemporary works of political and social thought, and English-language publications in the fields of Jewish thought and the contribution of Jewish ideas to the Western intellectual heritage. With the generous support of its friends, Shalem Press has lived up to its original promise. We have published 70 titles, sold more than 100,000 print copies, and reached tens of thousands of digital readers. In Israel, our books have become synonymous with quality, and our translations are commended by academic and general audiences alike for their superior literary and scholarly standards. Shalem Press books are included in the syllabi of a growing number of university courses—to date, they number in the thousands—and the ideas found in Shalem’s timeless classics continue to engage and inspire new generations of Israeli readers. When Shalem College opens its doors, Shalem Press works will feature in its rigorous, text-based Core Curriculum and major tracks, enabling an unfiltered encounter between our students and the monumental ideas revealed by the intellectual giants of history. We are profoundly grateful to the Gilbert and Elisa Palter Family Endowment of Toronto for their Founding Leadership Gift for the Publication of Great Texts. Beyond making available to Shalem College students the works most vital to their studies, their magnanimous gift has been instrumental in beginning to transform the public discourse in the Jewish state. The extraordinary success of Shalem Press has been made possible by the ongoing support of many other friends and patrons. We are grateful to the Cultural Office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Israel Culture Ministry’s Project for the Translation of Great Books, the Canadian Council for the Arts, the French Ministry of Culture, the Dutch Foundation for Literature, the Goethe Institute, the Mark Gerson Charitable Fund, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Martin Gross, Michael and Polina Liberman, Rob Bildner, Marvin Israelow, Peter Joseph, and Samuel “Skip” E. Vichness. Leviathan—Classics in Philosophy First Complete Translation into Hebrew! “Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of דוד יום more mistakes among philosophers.” מסכת טבע האדם A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, titan of the Age of Enlightenment, is the most comprehensive work on human nature ever written. Since its publication some three centuries ago, the book has become a cornerstone of philosophical thought in fields as diverse as epistemology, emotion, religion, and psychology. Hume’s ideas have lost none of their vitality, and remain as illuminating as they were in the eighteenth century. Shalem’s translation, the first complete Hebrew edition, brings to the Israeli public another foundational work of Anglo- Saxon thought. עורך מרק שטיינר תרגום יפתח בריל Edited and with an introduction by Mark Steiner, Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 1 First Complete Translation into Hebrew! “The publication of a complete Hebrew translation of Leviathan is undoubtedly a major event in the political discourse in Israel, a country where issues like the power of the state and the influence of religion on civil law touch upon its very essence. If it is our goal to make Israeli political discourse deeper—and richer—then Leviathan is ”.the best stepping-stone תומאס הובס Yiftach Ofek, Makor Rishon— לויתן Leviathan Thomas Hobbes Without a doubt one of the most important and influential works of Western political thought. Its philosophical outlook is darkly pessimistic: The state of nature amounts to endless warfare, with man portrayed at his most irrational, violent, and despicable. The sole corrective is a form of government based on a social contract, where all individuals relinquish their rights to a single sovereign. Originally published in 1651, the ideas in this work remain fresh, relevant, and controversial to this day. Edited and with an introduction by Menachem Lorberbaum, Chairman of the Department of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbala at Tel Aviv עורך מנחם לורברבוים University. תרגום אהרן אמיר 2009 | 632 pages | paperback original | ISBN 978-965-7052-36-5 | NIS 139 | $37.50 2 First Complete Translation into Hebrew! “[The Federalist Papers] will merit the Notice of Posterity; because in it are candidly and ably discussed the principles of freedom and the topics of government, which will be always interesting to mankind so long as אלכסנדר המילטון, they shall be connected in Civil Society.” ג׳יימס מדיסון וג׳ון ג׳יי —George Washington הפדרליסט The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay Together with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers laid the foundation for the strongest and most durable democracy in history. Although written in haste at a time of crisis, these essays remain the primary source of American political thought and constitutional law, and may be the most important work of political theory ever written in the United States. מבוא רות גביזון ואלן שפירא With an introduction by Ruth Gabison, Professor of Law at the Hebrew .University in Jerusalem and Israel Prize winner עורכת יעל חזוני תרגום אהרן אמיר 2001 | 559 pages | paperback original | ISBN 965-7052-07-6 | NIS 99 | $26.99 3 First Complete Translation into Hebrew! “We must thank Shalem Press for its Hebrew translation of Machiavelli’s Discourses, one of the great books of the republican tradition… Machiavelli’s book is relevant to the Israeli condition not only because it provides an alternative to liberalism…—the model that currently dominates politics. This book is also a reminder that ,in the past, before this model became dominant ניקולו מקיאוולי republicanism was an essential component of Israeli ”.political life דיונים —Menachem Mautner, Tel Aviv University Discourses Niccolò Machiavelli Discourses is Niccolò Machiavelli’s most ambitious work. In his daring style, Machiavelli treats the conditions for the birth and consolidation of states, the conditions that allow them to survive, the elements of power, and the desire for liberty. The book includes some of the most innovative ideas in the history of political thought, which have inspired thinkers and leaders for centuries. עורך Edited and with an introduction by Hillay Zmora, Professor of History at הלי זמורה .Ben Gurion University תרגום מרים שוסטרמן־פדובאנו 2010 | 418 pages | paperback original | ISBN 978-965-7052-75-4 | NIS 99 | $28.50 4 רוברט פילמר רוברט קאבר אדמנד ברק פטריארכה נומוס ונראטיב מחשבות על המהפכה בצרפת מבוא אופיר העברי עורך יוסף א׳ דוד מבוא יורם ברונובסקי עורך יוני ויינריב־שריג תרגום אהרן אמיר תרגום אביעד שטיר תרגום אהרן אמיר Shipwreck Reflections on the Nomos and Narrative Patriarchia Hans Blumenberg Revolution in France Robert Cover Robert Filmer People wish to live on terra firma Edmund Burke Robert Cover’s greatly influential Patriarchal authority is the yet employ the metaphor of a A classic of political thought. 1983 book undermines formalistic natural, exclusive source of all dangerous sea voyage as a key Burke warns against the dangers views of the nature of law and political power—this notion to their existential dilemmas. of the French Revolution and jurisprudence and their role in serves as the basis of Filmer’s Blumenberg, one of Germany’s radical thought in general, the liberal state. Cover draws his political theory, according most prominent philosophers promoting instead the principles examples from rabbinic tradition to which absolute monarchy of the late twentieth century, of conservatism. and analyzes test cases from the is the sole legitimate form traces the various turns taken by annals of American law, arguing of governance. Alongside this metaphor in the writings of 2004 | 204 pages | paperback original that the legal system combines their contribution to our ISBN 965-7052-04-1 | NIS 88 | $23.99 Western cultural luminaries. two normative principles: on the understanding of the history of 2005 | 170 pages | paperback original one hand, a creative element, political thought, the “patriarchal” ISBN 965-7052-20-3 | NIS 66 | $17.99 oriented to the future, the ideal; claims expose more than a few and on the other, an element critical flaws in theories of natural seeking to maintain norms and rights and the social contract, regulate violence. many of which continue to affect 2012 | 154 pages | paperback original liberalism today. ISBN 978-965-7052-84-6 | NIS 66 | $17.99 2009 | 162 pages | paperback original ISBN 978-965-7052-67-9 | NIS 66 | $17.99 5 גיאורג וילהלם פרידריך הגל פרידריך האייק מילטון פרידמן גוטלוב פרגה פילוסופיה הדרך לשעבוד קפיטליזם וחירות כתב מושגים של המשפט עורך אופיר העברי הקדמה דוד לב־הרי עורכת אוולינה גרץ עורך פיני איפרגן תרגום גדי גולדברג תרגום אהרן אמיר תרגום מזל כהן עורך ומתרגם גלעד ברעלי Begriffsschrift Capitalism and The Road to Serfdom Philosophy of Right (Concept Notation) Freedom Friedrich Hayek Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Gottlob Frege Milton Friedman A comprehensive critique of Hegel systems of government that This seminal text of modern logic Friedman explains the Philosophy of Right paved the promote centralized political constitutes a bold attempt to significance of competitive way for a new understanding and economic power, perceived overcome the fact that language capitalism, both as a means of of the modern state, parting as fertile ground for the growth mediates between thought and attaining economic liberty and with philosophies of the social of totalitarian regimes in the its expression. Frege developed as a necessary precondition contract like those of Hobbes, twentieth century.