Title: Spinoza, liberalism, and the question of Jewish identity
First published: 1997
Description: Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) - often recognized as the first modern Jewish thinker - was also a founder of modern liberal political philosophy. This book is the first to connect systematically these two aspects of Spinoza's legacy. Steven B. Smith shows that Spinoza was a politically engaged theorist who both advocated and embodied a new conception of the emancipated individual, a thinker who decisively influenced such diverse movements as the Enlightenment, liberalism, and political Zionism.
Subjects: Judaism and philosophy, Philosophy and religion, Jews, Liberalism, Identity, Free thought, Electronic books, PHILOSOPHY, Modern, History & Surveys, Spinoza, benedictus de, 1632-1677, Jews, identity
People: Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677)
LC classification: B3985.Z7 S55 1997