| Jewish Philosophical Politics in Germany, 1789-1848 Contributor(s): Rose, Sven-Erik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611685796 ISBN-13: 9781611685794 Publisher: Brandeis University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Philosophy | Political - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 181.060 |
| LCCN: 2014003913 |
| Series: Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 381 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book Rose illuminates the extraordinary creativity of Jewish intellectuals as they reevaluated Judaism with the tools of a German philosophical tradition fast emerging as central to modern intellectual life. While previous work emphasizes the "subversive" dimensions of German-Jewish thought or the "inner antisemitism" of the German philosophical tradition, Rose shows convincingly the tremendous resources German philosophy offered contemporary Jews for thinking about the place of Jews in the wider polity. Offering a fundamental reevaluation of seminal figures and key texts, Rose emphasizes the productive encounter between Jewish intellectuals and German philosophy. He brings to light both the complexity and the ambivalence of reflecting on Jewish identity and politics from within a German tradition that invested tremendous faith in the political efficacy of philosophical thought itself. |