{"product_id":"jacob-talmon-9780719085727","title":"Jacob Talmon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. On the university \u003cbr\u003e2. On Judaism and Jewishness: A sharp critique and outstanding praise \u003cbr\u003e3. On ‘the idea of the university’ \u003cbr\u003e4. On the ‘universal empire of spirit’ to the ‘the republics of knowledge’ \u003cbr\u003e5. On the German intellectual spirit and the modern university \u003cbr\u003e6. On the university and democracy \u003cbr\u003e7. On political involvement: From the Lavon affair to McCarthyism and beyond \u003cbr\u003e8. 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 \u003cbr\u003ePart One: Talmon and Toynbee Part Two: Talmon and Menahem Begin \u003cbr\u003eConclusion: On Talmon and his historiography - the art of pursuing unequivocalness through duality \u003cbr\u003eAppendix \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884283441495,"sku":"9780719085727","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jacob-talmon-9780719085727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}