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1 online resource |
| Contents |
'This man of our destiny': Moses Mendelssohn, Nathan the Wise, and the emergence of a liberal Jewish ethos -- Diasporic visions: the emergence of liberal Judaism -- Abraham Geiger -- Hermann Cohen's prophetic Judaism -- Ernst Cassirer and the ethical legacy of Hermann Cohen -- Ernst Cassirer: the enlightenment as counter-history -- Hannah Arendt: the task of the historian -- Hannah Arendt: a question of character |
| Summary |
Comparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged interpretation of Jewish history and an abiding interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Arendt's indebtedness to liberal Jewish thinkers such as Moses Mendelssohn, Abraham Geiger, Hermann Cohen, and Ernst Cassirer has been obscured by her modernist posture and caustic critique of the assimilationism of her German-Jewish forebears. By |
| Analysis |
Jewish Studies, History (General) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945 -- Religion
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Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 fast |
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Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945 fast |
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Reform Judaism -- Philosophy
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Jewish philosophy -- 20th century.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Jewish philosophy
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Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782380085 |
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1782380086 |
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1299954596 |
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9781299954595 |
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