The legacy of liberal Judaism
Subtitle: Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt's hidden conversation
By: Ned Curthoys
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781782380078; 9781782380085
Subjects: Reform Judaism; Philosophy; Jewish philosophy; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'This man of our destiny': Moses Mendelssohn, Nathan the Wise, and the emergence of a liberal Jewish ethos; title: Diasporic visions: the emergence of liberal Judaism; title: Abraham Geiger; title: Hermann Cohen's prophetic Judaism; title: Ernst Cassirer and the ethical legacy of Hermann Cohen; title: Ernst Cassirer: the enlightenment as counter-history; title: Hannah Arendt: the task of the historian; title: Hannah Arendt: a question of character.