Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere
Hermann Cohen (1842–1918) is often held to be one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century. Paul E. Nahme, in this new consideration of Cohen, liberalism, and religion, emphasizes the idea of enchantment, or the faith in and commitment to ideas, reason, and critique—the animating spirits that move society forward. Nahme views Cohen through the lenses of the crises of Imperial Germany—the rise of antisemitism, nationalism, and secularization—to come to a greater understanding of liberalism, its Protestant and Jewish roots, and the spirits of modernity and tradition that form its foundation. Nahme's philosophical and historical retelling of the story of Cohen and his spiritual investment in liberal theology present a strong argument for religious pluralism and public reason in a world rife with populism, identity politics, and conspiracy theories.

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Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere
Hermann Cohen (1842–1918) is often held to be one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century. Paul E. Nahme, in this new consideration of Cohen, liberalism, and religion, emphasizes the idea of enchantment, or the faith in and commitment to ideas, reason, and critique—the animating spirits that move society forward. Nahme views Cohen through the lenses of the crises of Imperial Germany—the rise of antisemitism, nationalism, and secularization—to come to a greater understanding of liberalism, its Protestant and Jewish roots, and the spirits of modernity and tradition that form its foundation. Nahme's philosophical and historical retelling of the story of Cohen and his spiritual investment in liberal theology present a strong argument for religious pluralism and public reason in a world rife with populism, identity politics, and conspiracy theories.

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Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

by Paul Egan Nahme
Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere
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Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

Hermann Cohen and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Enchantment of the Public Sphere

by Paul Egan Nahme

Overview

Hermann Cohen (1842–1918) is often held to be one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century. Paul E. Nahme, in this new consideration of Cohen, liberalism, and religion, emphasizes the idea of enchantment, or the faith in and commitment to ideas, reason, and critique—the animating spirits that move society forward. Nahme views Cohen through the lenses of the crises of Imperial Germany—the rise of antisemitism, nationalism, and secularization—to come to a greater understanding of liberalism, its Protestant and Jewish roots, and the spirits of modernity and tradition that form its foundation. Nahme's philosophical and historical retelling of the story of Cohen and his spiritual investment in liberal theology present a strong argument for religious pluralism and public reason in a world rife with populism, identity politics, and conspiracy theories.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780253039750
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 03/28/2019
Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Paul E. Nahme is Dorot Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Religion, Reason, and the Enchanted Public Sphere
1. Minor Protest(ant)s: Cohen and German-Jewish Liberalism
2. The Dialectic of Enchantment: Science, Religion, and Secular Reason-ing
3. Rights, Religion, and Race: Cohen's Ethical Socialism and the Specter of Anti-Semitism
4. Enchanted Reasoning: Self-Reflexive Religion and Minority
Conclusion: Some Minor Reflections of Enchantment
Index

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author of Jewish Messianism and the History of Phi Martin Kavka

Paul E. Nahme shows that Hermann Cohen is complex enough that we need to rethink our rejections of him. He opens up what Jewish philosophy can be and gets beyond the tired particular/universal debate to a robust consideration of secularity.

Randi Rashkover

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Paul E. Nahme's project enlists a fresh reading of Hermann Cohen's commitments in order to refine contemporary analyses of the role of Protestantism in the larger debate about secularization and its ideological support system, secularism.

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Martin Kavka

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Paul E. Nahme shows that Hermann Cohen is complex enough that we need to rethink our rejections of him. He opens up what Jewish philosophy can be and gets beyond the tired particular/universal debate to a robust consideration of secularity.

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