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Overview"Nietzsche and Jewish Political Theology is the first book to explore the impact of Friedrich Nietzsche’s work on the formation of Jewish political theology during the first half of the twentieth century. It maps the many ways in which early Jewish thinkers grappled with Nietzsche’s powerful ideas about politics, morality, and religion in the process of forging a new and modern Jewish culture. The book explores the stories of some of the most important Jewish thinkers who utilized Nietzsche’s writings in crafting the intellectual foundations of Jewish modern political theology. These figures’ political convictions ranged from orthodox conservatism to pacifist anarchism, and their attitude towards Nietzsche’s ideas varied from enthusiastic embrace to ambivalence and outright rejection. By bringing these diverse figures together, the book makes a convincing argument about Nietzsche’s importance for key figures of early Zionism and modern Jewish political thought. The present study offers a new interpretation of a particular theological position which is called ""heretical religiosity."" Only with modernity and, paradoxically, with rapid secularization, did one find ""heretical religiosity"" at full strength. Nietzsche enabled intellectual Jews to transform the foundation of their political existence. It provides a new perspective on the adaptation of Nietzsche’s philosophy in the age of Jewish national politics, and at the same time is a case study in the intellectual history of the modern Jewry. This new reading on Nietzsche’s work is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in philosophy, Jewish history and political theology." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David OhanaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367584566ISBN 10: 0367584565 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 June 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Religious Heretics – Six Characters in Search of God Part I: Fin de Siecle Hebrew Nietzscheanism 1. ""It would be a good thing if the god of Zarathustra were the God of Israel"" 2. Bereavement, Breakdown and the Great Heresy Part II: Nietzschean Religious Jews 3. A Nietzschean Hassid Taken to Treblinka 4. Zarathustra Faces Mount Sinai Part III: The Resurrection of Myth 5. ""It came over me like a revelation"" 6. Zarathustra or Messiah? Part IV: Nietzsche in the Holy Land 7. The Nietzschian Ethos and the Canaanite Spirit 8. Hebrew Hellenism Summary Bibliography"ReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Ohana is a full professor of History at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, where he founded and directed the Forum for Mediterranean Cultures. His affiliations have included the Sorbonne, Harvard, Berkeley, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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