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Modernity and the final aim of history : the debate over Judaism from Kant to the young Hegelians

Title
Modernity and the final aim of history : the debate over Judaism from Kant to the young Hegelians / by Francesco Tomasoni.
Author
Tomasoni, Francesco, 1947-
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2003

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Description
ix, 250 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"This book is intended not only for scholars and students in humanities, history (esp. the history of ideas), Jewish studies, philosophy (esp. the history of philosophy), and Christian theology, but also for those concerned with the roots of anti-Semitism and with the need for toleration and intercultural pluralism. Modernity and the Final Aim of History: Combines the development of German philosophy from the Enlightenment to Idealism, and from Idealism to the revolutionary turning-point of the mid-nineteenth century with the Jewish question; Shows the close entwining of anti-Jewish prejudices with awareness of the importance of Judaism in the formation of modern thought; Points out the hopes, obstacles, compromises, and disappointments of Jewish emancipation right up to the appearance of racial anti-Semitism; Traces the changes in the debate over Judaism from the theological perspective to the philosophical and from the philosophical to that of the economic and naturalistic; Underlines the dangers to toleration that arise from seeing human history as directed towards a single aim; Can be used in university courses and seminars, as well as in research groups."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
International archives of the history of ideas = Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 187
Uniform Title
Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 187.
Subject
  • 1700-1899
  • Geschichte 1760-1840
  • Philosophy, German > 18th century
  • Judaism and philosophy > History > 18th century
  • Philosophy, German > 19th century
  • Judaism and philosophy > History > 19th century
  • Judaism and philosophy
  • Philosophy, German
  • Judentum
  • Philosophie
  • Jodendom
  • Religiekritiek
  • Idealisme
  • Geschiedfilosofie
  • Judaism and philosophy
  • Antisémitisme
  • Histoire
  • Judaïsme
  • Philosophie allemande
  • 18e siècle
  • 19e siècle
  • Deutschland
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Previously published under title 'La modernità e il fine della storia: il dibattio sull'ebraismo da Kant ai giovani hegeliani' by Morcelliana, 1999.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and indexes.
Contents
One: Reason, humanity and religions -- 1. "True" religion and positive religions : Mendelssohn and Lavater -- 2. Emancipation, toleration and faith : Mendelssohn, Hamann and Jacobi -- 3. The redimensioning of enlightenment : dialogue between Wizenmann and Kant -- Two: Christianity, people and nations -- 1. Liberty, morality and the state : Fichte -- 2. Baptism and nationality : Schleiermacher and David Friedlander -- 3. Popular religion and reason : the first writings of Hegel at Tubingen and Bern -- 4. The fate of Judaism : the writings of Hegel at Frankfurt and Jena -- 5. The sublime and the election of a people : the Berlin lessons -- 6. The impossible conciliation : Fries -- Three: Atheism, progress and revolution.
ISBN
  • 1402015941
  • 9781402015946
LCCN
2003061854
OCLC
  • ocm52962947
  • 52962947
  • SCSB-9494232
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library