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Moses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity: Jewish Literature and Culture

Autor Ken Koltun–fromm
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iul 2001
Ken Koltun-Fromm offers a radically new interpretation of the writings of Moses Hess, a fascinating nineteenth-century German Jewish intellectual figure who was at times religious and secular, traditional and modern, practical and theoretical, socialist and nationalist. In Hess, modern readers witness a Jew struggling with the meaning of those conflicting commitments and impulses and recognise how in Hess's life, as in their own, these commitments remain fragmented and torn.
As contemporary Jews negotiate among multiple, often contradictory allegiances in the modern world, Koltun-Fromm argues that Hess's struggle to unite conflicting traditions and frameworks of meaning offers intellectual and practical resources to re-examine the dilemmas of modern Jewish identity. A central claim of the book is that the confusions and tensions embedded in Hess's major work, Rome and Jerusalem produce a meaningful testament to the complexity of modern Jewish identity. Adopting Charles Taylor's philosophical theory of the self to uncover Hess's various commitments, Koltun-Fromm demonstrates that Hess offers a rich, textured, though deeply conflicted and torn account of the modern Jew. This ground-breaking study in conceptions of identity in modern Jewish texts is a vital contribution to the diverse fields of Jewish intellectual history, philosophy, Zionism, and religious studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253339348
ISBN-10: 0253339340
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 164 x 240 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Seria Jewish Literature and Culture


Cuprins

Acknowledgements
1. Hess and Modern Jewish Identity
Hess and Modern Jewish Identity
Categories of Modern Identity
Outline of Chapters
2. Conceptions of Self and Identity in Hess's Early Works and Rome and Jerusalem
Rome and Jerusalem as Socialist and Zionist Manifesto
Conceptions of Self and Identity in Hess's Socialist and Scientific Works
Conceptions of Self and Identity in Rome and Jerusalem
3. Hess's "Return" to Judaism and Narrative Identity
Discontinuity and Resolution in Hess's "Return" to Judaism
The Reading of Hess's "Return" as Resolution
Narrative Identity
4. Inescapable Frameworks: Emotions, Race, and the Rhetoric of Jewish Identity
Evocative Language in Rome and Jerusalem
Spinoza as Model for Passionate Philosophy
Hess's Racial Theory
Inescapable Frameworks
5. Traditions and Scars: Hess's Critique of Reform and Orthodox Judaism
Identity and Difference: Hess's Critique of Bildung and Jewish Reform
Traditions: Race and Scars
Identity and Creativity: Hess's Critique of Jewish Orthodoxy
6.Innocence and Experience in Rome and Jerusalem
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"Koltun-Fromm's reading of Hess is of crucial import for those who study the construction of self in the modern world as well as for those who are concerned with Hess and his contributions to modern thought. . . .a reading of Hess that is subtle, judicious, insightful, and well-supported." --David Ellenson

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A radical new interpretation of a 19th-century German Jewish thinker and his contribution to defining modern Jewish identity.