Modern gnosis and Zionism : the crisis of culture, life philosophy and Jewish national thought / / Yotam Hotam ; translated by Avner Greenberg

• Autore: Hotam Yotam <1968-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54095694
• Soggetto topico: Zionism - Germany - History; Zionism and Judaism; Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, German - 19th century; Jews - Germany - Social conditions
• Altri autori: GreenbergAvner
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Germany, the crisis of culture and secular theology -- Life philosophy or modern gnosis -- Modern Jewish gnosis -- Zionist thought.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Modern gnosis and Zionism
• ISBN: 1-136-19071-6; 0-203-08429-2; 1-283-86111-9; 1-136-19072-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786448803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Jewish Studies Series