Modern Gnosis and Zionism : the Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical 'cultural crisis'. One response to this crisis was the emergence of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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Colección: | Routledge Jewish studies series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical 'cultural crisis'. One response to this crisis was the emergence of 'Life Philosophy', which celebrated the irrational, expressive, instinctive and spontaneous, while rejecting the rational, conscious, and logical. Around the same time and place, Zionist thought crystallized. It discussed issues like the 'Jewish essence', the creation of a new Jewish person and a new Jewi. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (273 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-250) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781136190728 1136190724 9780203084298 0203084292 |