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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goetschel, Willi, 1958-

Series:

Studies in German Jewish cultural history and literature.

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:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

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 modern critical thought. Excommunicated by his Jewish community, Spinoza was a controversial figure in his lifetime and for centuries afterward. Willi Goetschel shows how Spinoza's philosophy was a direct challenge to the theological and metaphysical assumptions of modern European thought. He locates the driving force of this challenge in Spinoza's Jewishness, which is deeply inscribed in his philosophy and defines the radical nature of his modernity.

Contents:

The scandal of Spinoza's Jewishness

Spinoza's modernity

Spinoza through Mendelssohn

Spinoza through Lessing

Spinoza's new place.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9786612269318

9781282269316

1282269313

9780299190835

0299190838

OCLC:

162108562

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06622 hdl