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

Curthoys, Ned

1. ed.

New York, [NY] [u.a.] : Berghahn, 2013

238 S. ; 24 cm

Englisch

'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: Rabbi and writer -- 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 -- Conclusion: The legacies of liberal Judaism.

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index

978-1-78238-007-8 (hardback : alk. paper); 978-1-78238-008-5 (institutional ebook)

978-1-78238-008-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2013005571

OCoLC: 869854321     

BD 1230      Ähnliche Literatur

BM197

* Cassirer, Ernst [1874-1945] ; Arendt, Hannah [1906-1975] ; Jüdische Philosophie ; Reformjudentum      Zum Register

*Deutschland ; Jüdische Philosophie ; Reformjudentum ; Geschichte 1780-1933     Zum Register

* Arendt, Hannah [1906-1975] ; Cassirer, Ernst [1874-1945] ; Reformjudentum      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Cassirer, Ernst -- 1874-1945 -- Religion ; Arendt, Hannah -- 1906-1975 -- Religion ; Reform Judaism -- Philosophy ; Jewish philosophy -- 20th century

'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