Redemption and utopia : Jewish libertarian thought in Central Europe : a study in elective affinity / Michael Löwy ; translated by Hope Heaney
1992, 1st edition. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424196
ISBN: 0485114062
Physical description; 276 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-263) and index. Translation of: Rédemption et Utopie: le judaïsme libertaire en Europe centrale. Contents; Introduction: the defeated of history -- On the concept of elective affinity -- Jewish Messianism and libertarian utopia: from 'correspondences' to 'attractio electiva' -- Pariahs, rebels and romantics: a sociological analysis of the Central European Jewish intelligentsia -- Religious Jews tending to anarchism: Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem, Leo Löwenthal -- 'Theologia negativa' and 'Utopia negativa': Franz Kafka -- Outside all currents, at the crossing of the ways: Walter Benjamin -- The religious-atheist and libertarian assimilated Jews: Gustav Landauer, Ernst Bloc, George Lukács, Erich Fromm -- Crossroads, circles and figures: a few examples -- A French exception: Bernard Lazare -- Conclusion: historical Messianism: a romantic/messianic conception of history. Subjects; Philosophy, Jewish. Jews Intellectual life 19th century.
Jews Europe Cultural assimilation. Jews Europe Intellectual life. Jews Germany Intellectual life. Jews Europe.
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