Description
Book SynopsisThe first book-length account in English of Jacob Talmon and his work on humanism, the university and society, and the ideal role of professors and scientists. -- .
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. On the university
2. On Judaism and Jewishness: A sharp critique and outstanding praise
3. On ‘the idea of the university’
4. On the ‘universal empire of spirit’ to the ‘the republics of knowledge’
5. On the German intellectual spirit and the modern university
6. On the university and democracy
7. On political involvement: From the Lavon affair to McCarthyism and beyond
8. On the reshaping of the university for the twenty-first century 9. Three historians, one conflict: Jacob Talmon, Arnold Toynbee and Menahem Begin, and the Arab-Israeli dispute
Part One: Talmon and Toynbee Part Two: Talmon and Menahem Begin
Conclusion: On Talmon and his historiography - the art of pursuing unequivocalness through duality
Appendix
Bibliography
