From Spinoza and Marx to Soloveitchik and Kaplan: Shaping Modern Jewish Thought
Title:
From Spinoza and Marx to Soloveitchik and Kaplan
Subtitle: Shaping Modern Jewish Thought
Subject Classification:
Religion and Faith, Philosophy, History
BIC Classification: HBTB, HPQ
BISAC Classification:
PHI011000, REL040050, SOC053000
Binding:
Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date:
Aug 2026
ISBN (Hardback):
978-1-83711-933-2
ISBN (eBook):
978-1-83711-936-3
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Description
This volume poses the question of when, how, and why modernity begins, both in general and with regard to Jewish identity. How do the conditions of emergent and developing modernity effect a wide range of Jewish thinkers and what they produce across different modes of writing? What defines them as "Jewish"? What are the criteria of inclusion that would place figures as disparate in experience and written output as Spinoza, Marx, Herzl, Buber, Heschel, Soloveichik, and Kaplan--together with figures like Heine, Kafka and Freud--under such a label? Do they have to be conscious of their place within it? Each of the three primary terms within the rubric demands exploration and raises questions of definition--an invigorating process that leads to further questions.
Biography
Author(s): Ori Z Soltes teaches theology, art history, philosophy and political history at Georgetown University, USA.
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