ebooks Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture by Jaroslav Pelikan in History

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In the analysis of the debates in Germany over Jews; Judaism and Jewish emancipation in the late 18th and 19th centuries; Jonathan M. Hess reconstructs a crucial chapter in the history of secular anti-Semitism. He examines not only the thinking of German intellectuals of the time but also that of Jewish writers; revealing the connections between anti-Semitism and visions of modernity; and the Jewish responses to the treat posed by these connections. By tracking the evolution of the widespread debates between Germans and Jews; Hess uncovers the process by which Judaism came to play a central role in defining secular universalism and political modernisation. For many German intellectuals concerned with imagining a new political order in the era of French Revolution; Judaism was often perceived as the symbolic anthithesis of secular modernity. The response of leading Jewish thinkers was to offer their own reflections on modernity and universalism; grounded in Judaism's normative tradition. Hess considers the work of major figures of the period; such as Moses Mendelssohn; Immanuel Kant; Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Schleiermacher; whose debates about the shape of the modern world provide us with fresh insights into Jewish emancipation; German colonial discourse; and the intersections between religious and political reform.