{"product_id":"the-legacy-of-liberal-judaism-ernst-cassirer-and-hannah-arendts-hidden-conversation-9781782380078","title":"The Legacy of Liberal Judaism: Ernst Cassirer and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tComparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged interpretation of Jewish history and an abiding interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Arendt’s indebtedness to liberal Jewish thinkers such as Moses Mendelssohn, Abraham Geiger, Hermann Cohen, and Ernst Cassirer has been obscured by her modernist posture and caustic critique of the assimilationism of her German-Jewish forebears. By reorienting our conception of Arendt as a profoundly secular thinker anchored in twentieth century political debates, we are led to rethink the philosophical, political, and ethical legacy of liberal Jewish discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Most readers will finish this work with a renewed appreciation of the continuing significance of the moral vision articulated by these exemplars of liberal Judaism.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…this work is a fascinating revisionist intellectual history of its two key authors and of Judaism in the twentieth century, and one rich in avenues for further research.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· American Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…an important [book], overflowing with worthwhile ideas and based upon good reading and research… Curthoys’ main theme is succinctly expressed and painfully relevant.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· European Judaism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book then provides various interesting challenges to scholarship on Arendt, as well as the material on thinkers brought together here as part of the tradition of Liberal Judaism. All this make\u003c\/em\u003e The Legacy of Liberal Judaism \u003cem\u003eof relevance beyond an exclusively scholarly debate.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Patterns of Prejudice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an important fresh look at modern intellectual history at the interface of philosophy and Jewish thought. It has a persuasive line of argument and illuminating discussions of the subject. It adds a crucial strand to the weave of modern intellectual history and argues that, unless close attention is paid to the dimension of Jewish thought in this project, this history remains misunderstood.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Willi Goetschel\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a very sharp and insightful intellectual history of the relationship between Liberal Judaism, a world view that stressed Enlightenment rationalism and universalism, along with ethical monotheism, and two important twentieth century German thinkers, Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Richard H. King\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nottingham University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘This Man of Our Destiny’: Moses Mendelssohn, \u003cem\u003eNathan the Wise\u003c\/em\u003e, and the emergence of a Liberal Jewish Ethos\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Diasporic Visions:  the emergence of Liberal Judaism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Abraham Geiger: Rabbi and Writer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eHermann Cohen’s Prophetic Judaism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ernst Cassirer and the Ethical Legacy of Hermann Cohen\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ernst Cassirer: The Enlightenment as Counter-History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hannah Arendt: The Task of the Historian\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hannah Arendt: A Question of Character\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Legacies of Liberal Judaism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042208743767,"sku":"9781782380078","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-legacy-of-liberal-judaism-ernst-cassirer-and-hannah-arendts-hidden-conversation-9781782380078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}