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

• Autore: Curthoys Ned
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.834
• Soggetto topico: Reform Judaism - Philosophy; Jewish philosophy - 20th century
• Soggetto non controllato: Jewish Studies, History (General)
• Classificazione: BD 6850
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: '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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Arendt's indebtedness to liberal Jewish thinkers such as Moses Mendelssohn, Abraham Geiger, Hermann Cohen, and Ernst Cassirer has been obscured by her modernist posture and caustic critique of the assimilationism of her German-Jewish forebears. By r
• Titolo autorizzato: The legacy of liberal Judaism
• ISBN: 1-78238-008-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815251203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II