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9780415624398
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Routledge Jewish Studies Series
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical 'cultural crisis'. One response to this crisis was the emergence of 'Life Philosophy', which celebrated the irrational, expressive, instinctive and spontaneous, while rejecting the rational, conscious, and logical. Around the same time and place, Zionist thought crystallized. It discussed issues like the 'Jewish essence', the creation of a new Jewish person and a new Jewish
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Modern gnosis and Zionism The crisis of culture, Life Philosophyand Jewish national thought; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One The crisis of culture and Life Philosophy; 1 Germany, the crisis of culture and secular theology; Culture and crisis; The 'sciences of culture' and philosophical discussion; 'Secularization' or the inner theological stratum; Seeking solutions: between rescuing culture and rejecting its foundations; 2 Life Philosophy or modern gnosis; At first glance; Gnosis and gnosticism; Gnosis and the spirit of 'late modernity'
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Ludwig Klages as a test case: the Jew as the enemy of lifeFrom test case to Life Philosophy; A last glance; Part Two Modern gnosis and Zionist thought; Introduction: the 'pale of settlement' of Zionist thought; 3 Modern Jewish gnosis; Theodor Lessing: a return to Jewish nature; Jakob Klatzkin: a return to a national way of life; 4 Zionist thought; From particular case to general discussion; Zionist thought and ideological currents; Overview: modern gnosis and the spirit of Zionism; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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ISBN 9781136190728
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ISBN 9780415624398
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Modern Gnosis and Zionism : The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought
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Englisch
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