Son of Spinoza : Georg Brandes and modern Jewish cosmopolitanism /
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| Author / Creator: | Hjortshøj, Søren Blak, author. |
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| Imprint: | Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2021] |
| Description: | 287 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12661460 |
| Summary: | Son of Spinoza sheds light on the interconnectedness between Jewishness and cosmopolitanism in the oeuvre of the Danish-Jewish intellectual Georg Brandes (1842-1927). Today, the historical tradition of interconnecting these concepts has largely been forgotten, although the construction of a somewhat synonymous relation between them became a key structuring element of modern antisemitism and later Nazi ideology. In this context, Georg Brandes-his writing and practice-stands as a crucial European cosmopolitan archive, due to the great influence he enjoyed throughout the European continent. Son of Spinoza challenges the presentation of Brandes in previous research as a so-called assimilated Jew who distanced himself from Jewishness, instead recognizing Brandes' own self-identification as a Spinozist cosmopolitan and his depiction of himself and other modern Jews as 'sons of Spinoza'. |
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| Physical Description: | 287 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788772190181 8772190183 |
