Socrates and the Jews: Hellenism and Hebraism from Moses Mendelssohn to Sigmund Freud

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University of Chicago Press, 24.10.2014 - 259 Seiten

"What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” Asked by the early Christian Tertullian, the question was vigorously debated in the nineteenth century. While classics dominated the intellectual life of Europe, Christianity still prevailed and conflicts raged between the religious and the secular. Taking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, Socrates and the Jews explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism.

Exploring the tension between Hebraism and Hellenism, Miriam Leonard gracefully probes the philosophical tradition behind the development of classical philology and considers how the conflict became a preoccupation for the leading thinkers of modernity, including Matthew Arnold, Moses Mendelssohn, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. For each, she shows how the contrast between classical and biblical traditions is central to writings about rationalism, political subjectivity, and progress. Illustrating how the encounter between Athens and Jerusalem became a lightning rod for intellectual concerns, this book is a sophisticated addition to the history of ideas.
 

Inhalt

Athens and Jerusalem
1
Moses Mendelssohn and Immanuel Kant
17
Greeks Jews and the Hegelian Dialectic
65
Hebrews Hellenes Aryans and Semites
105
Feuerbach Marx Nietzsche
139
Sigmund Freud
177
Metaphors we live by
217
Works Cited
225
Index
237
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Miriam Leonard is professor of Greek literature and its reception at University College London. She is the author of Athens in Paris and How to Read Ancient Philosophy.

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