Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism (eBook)

The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

Paul Egan Nahme (Autor)

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2019
340 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
9780253039781 (ISBN)

Infos

1. In this book Paul E. Nahme examines Hermann Cohen (1842-1918), one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century, exploring Cohen's spiritual investment in liberal theology.

2. Through Cohen, Nahme presents a timely argument for religious pluralism and public reason in a world rife with populism, identity politics, and conspiracy theories.

3. The author is an up-and-coming junior scholar doing significant work on Hermann Cohen, a Jewish philosopher who work has much to say about the challenges facing modern society.

A bold, contemporary assessment of Hermann Cohen's philosophical and religious commitments as a way to challenge today's political and social disenchantment with liberalism.

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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.

Autor

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

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Reihe/Serie: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Schlagworte: Anti-Semitism • enchanted public space • ethical socialism • German-Jewish Liberalism • German Jews • Germany • Hermann Cohen • Hermann Cohen and the Public Sphere • Hermann Cohen and the Public Sphere: Spirit and Secularity in Social Thought • idealism • Indiana University Press • IUP • IU Press • Jewish Studies • Judaism • Kant • Liberalism • Minority • Nationalism • Paul E. Nahme • Philosophy • Political Philosophy • Politics • Protestant • Public Space • Race • reason • Religion • Religion and Politics • Secularism • self-reflexive religion • Socialism
• ISBN-13: 9780253039781 / 9780253039781