9780521672320 - Judaism and Enlightenment (Ideas in Context, 66, Band 66) von Sutcliffe, Adam (5 Ergebnisse)

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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003. 314 pp. As new. Paperback. With chapters on religious dissent and debate in Sephardi Amsterdam; Judaism in Spinoza and his circle; Spinoza Messiah of the Enlightenment? This major contribution to the history of European ideas investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in the intellectual life of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Judaism and Enlightenment will interest scholars both of Jewish history and of toleration, enlightenment, and the emergence of modernity (publisher's text).

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Zustand: New. Investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524. . 2001. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This study investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in the intellectual life of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Adam Sutcliffe shows how the widespread and enthusiastic fascination with Judaism prevalent around 1650 was largely eclipsed a century later by attitudes of dismissal and disdain. He argues that Judaism was uniquely difficult for Enlightenment thinkers to account for, and that their intense responses, both negative and positive, to Jewish topics are central to an understanding of the underlying ambiguities of the Enlightenment itself. Judaism and the Jews were a limit case, a destabilising challenge, and a constant test for Enlightenment rationalism. Erudite and highly broad-ranging in its sources, and yet extremely accessible in its argument, Judaism and Enlightenment is a major contribution to the history of European ideas, of interest to scholars of Jewish history and to those working on the Enlightenment, toleration and the emergence of modernity itself.