Language:
English
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
35,4 (2002) 577-600
Keywords:
Voltaire,
;
Bible Influence
;
Antisemitism Philosophy
;
Philosophy
Abstract:
Disputes Arthur Hertzberg's interpretation of Voltaire as the link between religiously-based Jew-hatred and modern antisemitism. Discusses Voltaire's failure to understand the evolution of the Jews' religion and how this prejudiced the philosopher against Jews, but stresses that in terms of ethics, which Chisick considers decisive, Voltaire criticized in the Jews only what he criticized in others. There was no recommendation for action against Jews in Voltaire's entire corpus.
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