02993nam 2200661 a 450 991078174180332120200520144314.01-283-28075-2978661328075690-04-20921-210.1163/9789004209213(CKB)2550000000048733(EBL)773406(OCoLC)754582329(SSID)ssj0000555452(PQKBManifestationID)11363471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555452(PQKBWorkID)10519301(PQKB)11613351(MiAaPQ)EBC773406(OCoLC)756582784(nllekb)BRILL9789004209213(Au-PeEL)EBL773406(CaPaEBR)ebr10498926(CaONFJC)MIL328075(PPN)170736040(EXLCZ)99255000000004873320110622d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSalvation through Spinoza[electronic resource] a study of Jewish culture in Weimar Germany /by David J. WertheimLeiden ;Boston Brill20111 online resource (244 p.)Jewish and Christian perspectives series,1388-2074 ;v. 21Description based upon print version of record.90-04-20721-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Celebrating Spinoza -- Jews and Germans -- Integration and authenticity -- Historicism and messianism -- Rejecting Spinoza's celebration -- 'The signature of the era' literature.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.Jewish and Christian perspectives series ;v. 21.JewsGermanyIntellectual life20th centuryJewsGermanyIdentityHistory20th centuryGermanyIntellectual life20th centuryGermanyHistory1918-1933JewsIntellectual lifeJewsIdentityHistory305.892/404309042Wertheim David J1553641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781741803321Salvation through Spinoza3814326UNINA