Spinoza's modernity : Mendelssohn, Lessing, and Heine / Willi Goetschel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goetschel, Willi, 1958-

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Studies in German Jewish cultural history and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Influence.

Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.

Mendelssohn, Moses.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856.

Heine, Heinrich.

Enlightenment.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

x, 351 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2004]

Summary:

"Spinoza's Modernity is a major, original work of intellectual history that reassesses the philosophical project of Baruch Spinoza, uncovers his influence on later thinkers, and demonstrates how that crucial influence on Moses Mendelssohn, G. E. Lessing, and Heinrich Heine shaped the development of modem critical thought. Excommunicated by his Jewish community, Spinoza was a controversial figure for centuries. Willi Goetschel shows how Spinoza's philosophy was a direct challenge to the theological and metaphysical assumptions of modem European thought. He locates the driving force of this challenge in Spinoza's Jewishness, which is deeply inscribed in his philosophy.

Contents:

The scandal of Spinoza's Jewishness

Spinoza's modernity

Spinoza through Mendelssohn

Spinoza through Lessing

Spinoza's new place.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

0299190803

OCLC:

51983626