Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Philosophy & Social Criticism
Angaben zur Quelle:
27, 5 (2001) 59-88
Keywords:
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich,
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Kant, Immanuel,
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Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism Philosophy
;
Kashrut
Abstract:
Analyzes how "Jewishness" functions as a scapegoat for the apparently unbridgeable gap between spirit and matter in Hegel's social and aesthetic theory, which had roots in the idealistic philosophy of Kant. Hegel criticized the Jews as "materialistic" and connected this with their dietary laws, especially their avoidance of consuming blood. For the philosopher, this reflected their unwillingness to sacrifice themselves to something higher than themselves, in particular the state. Although he did not wish to exclude the Jews from the modern state, Hegel viewed the Jews as "immutable" and having no place in his idealistic conception of the body politic. Concludes that Hegel's anti-Judaism has the potential to lead to political and pseudo-scientific antisemitism.
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