The legacy of liberal Judaism : Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt's hidden conversation /

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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 inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Curthoys, Ned
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945 > Religion.
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975 > Religion.
Arendt, Hannah, > 1906-1975.
Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945.
1900-1999
Reform Judaism > Philosophy.
Jewish philosophy > 20th century.
Judaïsme réformé > Philosophie.
Philosophie juive > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Jewish philosophy.
Religion.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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