Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism

The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

Paul Egan Nahme (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

340 Seiten

2019
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03975-0 (ISBN)

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Hermann Cohen (1842–1918) is often held to be one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century. Paul E. Nahme, in this new consideration of Cohen, liberalism, and religion, emphasizes the idea of enchantment, or the faith in and commitment to ideas, reason, and critique—the animating spirits that move society forward. Nahme views Cohen through the lenses of the crises of Imperial Germany—the rise of antisemitism, nationalism, and secularization—to come to a greater understanding of liberalism, its Protestant and Jewish roots, and the spirits of modernity and tradition that form its foundation. Nahme's philosophical and historical retelling of the story of Cohen and his spiritual investment in liberal theology present a strong argument for religious pluralism and public reason in a world rife with populism, identity politics, and conspiracy theories.

Paul E. Nahme is Dorot Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Religion, Reason, and the Enchanted Public Sphere
1. Minor Protest(ant)s: Cohen and German-Jewish Liberalism
2. The Dialectic of Enchantment: Science, Religion, and Secular Reason-ing
3. Rights, Religion, and Race: Cohen's Ethical Socialism and the Specter of Anti-Semitism
4. Enchanted Reasoning: Self-Reflexive Religion and Minority
Conclusion: Some Minor Reflections of Enchantment
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.03.2019
Reihe/Serie	New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	658 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	0-253-03975-4 / 0253039754
ISBN-13	978-0-253-03975-0 / 9780253039750
Zustand	Neuware