Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment

Allan Arkush (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

1994
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-2072-0 (ISBN)

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Moses Mendelssohn, the author of numerous works on natural theology and ethics, was also the first modern philosopher of Judaism. This book places Mendelssohn's thought within the context of the Leibnizian-Wolffian school, the writings of Kant and Lessing and other major figures of the Enlightenment, and within the age-old tradition of Jewish rationalism. More than any previous treatment of this subject, it questions the extent to which Mendelssohn truly succeeded in reconciling his allegiance to the philosophy of the Enlightenment with his adherence to Judaism.

Allan Arkush is Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is the translator of Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Leibniz-Wolffian Background

2. Mendelssohn's Natural Theology

3. The Crisis of Reason

4. Religion, Morality, and Politics

5. Spinoza and Other Adversaries

6. Mendelssohn's Defense of Judaism

7. Refashioning Judaism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.9.1994
Reihe/Serie	SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-7914-2072-8 / 0791420728
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-2072-0 / 9780791420720
Zustand	Neuware