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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974876103321

Autore

Samuelson Norbert Max <1936->

Titolo

An introduction to modern Jewish philosophy / / Norbert M. Samuelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1989

ISBN

9781438418575

1438418574

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 320 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Jewish philosophy

Disciplina

296/.01

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy - 19th century

Jewish philosophy - 20th century

Judaism - History - Modern period, 1750-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Contents -- Historical Background -- MIGRATIONS FROM SPAIN AND THE POPULARIZATION OF KABBALAH -- EMANCIPATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA -- THE HOLOCAUST AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- Popular Expressions of Modern Judaism -- Introduction to Part II -- JEWISH RELIGION -- JEWISH SECULARISM -- Modern Jewish Philosophy -- INTRODUCTION TO PART III -- BARUCH SPINOZA -- MENDELSSOHN AND MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT -- HERMANN COHEN -- MARTIN BUBER -- FRANZ ROSENZWEIG -- MORDECAI KAPLAN -- EMIL FACKENHEIM AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PHILOSOPHY -- Back Matter -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

The book is divided into three sections. The first provides a general historical overview for the Jewish thought that follows. The second summarizes the variety of basic kinds of popular, positive Jewish commitment in the twentieth century. The third and major section summarizes the basic thought of those modern Jewish philosophers whose thought is technically the best and/or the most influential in Jewish intellectual circles. The Jewish philosophers covered include Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz



Rosenzweig, Mordecai Kaplan, and Emil Fackenheim. The text includes summaries and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources.