Redemption and utopia
Jewish libertarian thought in Central Europe : a study in elective affinity
by Michael Löwy
- 1 Want to read
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, there appeared in Central Europe a generation of Jewish intellectuals whose work was to transform modern culture. Drawing at once on the traditions of German Romanticism and Jewish messianism, their thought was organized around the cabalistic idea of the “tikkoun”: redemption. Redemption and Utopia uses the concept of “elective affinity” to explain the surprising community of spirit that existed between redemptive messianic religious thought and the wide variety of radical secular utopian beliefs held by this important group of intellectuals. The author outlines the circumstances that produced this unusual combination of religious and non-religious thought and illuminates the common assumptions that united such seemingly disparate figures as Martin Buber, Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin and Georg Lukács.
(Source: Verso Books)
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Cultural assimilation, German Jews, History, Intellectual life, Jews, Jews, German, Reform Judaism, Cabala, Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy, Jewish, Redemption, Religion: general, Jews, europePeople
Martin Buber (1878-1965), Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929), Gershom Gerhard Scholem (1897-1982), Leo Löwenthal (1900-1993), Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), Gustav Landauer (1870-1919), Ernst Bloch (1885-1977), György Lukács (1885-1971), Erich Fromm (1900-1980), Bernard Lazare (1865-1903)Places
Central EuropeTimes
20th centuryShowing 9 featured editions. View all 9 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
RÉDEMPTION ET UTOPIE - Le judaïsme libertaire en Europe centrale
2009, L'Harmattan
in French
235821020X 9782358210201
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
2
Erlösung und Utopie. Jüdischer Messianismus und libertäres Denken.
January 1, 2002, Philo Verlagsges.
Paperback
in German
3825702804 9783825702809
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Erlösung und Utopie: Jüdischer Messianismus und libertäres Denken – eine Wahlverwandtschaft
1997, Karin Kramer Verlag
Paperback
in German
- 1. Auflage
3879562156 9783879562152
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
4
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
5
Redemption and Utopia: Jewish libertarian thought in Central Europe : a study in elective affinity
1992, Athlone Press
in English
0485114062 9780485114065
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
Redemption and utopia: Jewish libertarian thought in Central Europe : a study in elective affinity
1992, Stanford University Press
in English
0804717761 9780804717762
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
7
Redemption and utopia: Jewish libertarian thought in Central Europe : a study in effective affinity
1992, Athlone Press, Continuum International Publishing Group
in English
0485114062 9780485114065
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
8
Rédemption et utopie: le judaïsme libertaire en Europe centrale : une étude d'affinité élective
1988, Presses universitaires de France
in French
- 1. éd.
2130414214 9782130414216
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
9
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-263) and index.
Title on spine: Redemption & utopia.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
OpenLibraries-Trent-MARCs recordInternet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?
History
- Created April 1, 2008
- 10 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| June 17, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 8, 2021 | Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten | person |
| November 9, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| April 5, 2019 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record |