Salvation Through Spinoza: A Study of Jewish Culture in Weimar GermanyBRILL, 23 sep 2011 - 234 pagina's Despite his reputation as a heretic, Baruch Spinoza was one of the major heroes of the Jewish cultural Renaissance in Weimar Germany. This study traces Weimar Jewry's infatuation with Spinoza as it was manifested in scholarship, the popular press, and novels. It tells of how Jews, who found themselves oscillating between the social pressures to both assimilate and remain authentic, sought refuge in a thinker who epitomized both the rationality and liberalism of the Weimar Republic s enlightened defenders as well as the mysticism of its neo-romanticist challengers. In recapturing this forgotten chapter in the history of Spinozism this book sheds an original light on Weimar Germany s reknown Jewish culture. |
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Chapter One Celebrating Spinoza | 1 |
Chapter Two Jew and German | 34 |
Chapter Three Integration and Authenticity | 86 |
Chapter Four Historicism and Messianism | 137 |
Chapter Five Rejecting Spinozas Celebration | 183 |
Chapter Six The Signature of the Era | 205 |
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Salvation through Spinoza: A Study of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany David Wertheim Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2011 |
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