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Haskalah :

(Number (ISBN

0813554357

(Number (ISBN

0813554373

(Number (ISBN

9780813554358

(Number (ISBN

9780813554372

Erroneous ISBN

0813554365

Erroneous ISBN

9780813554358

Erroneous ISBN

9780813554365

Title Proper

Haskalah :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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the romantic movement in Judaism /

First Statement of Responsibility

Olga Litvak.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Brunswick, N.J. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Rutgers University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2012.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (240 pages)

Series Title

Key words in Jewish studies ;

Volume Designation

v. 3

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Part. I. Terms of debate -- Wrong time, wrong place -- Beyond the enlightenment -- Part II. State of the question -- Haskalah and history -- Haskalah and modern Jewish thought -- Part III. In a new key -- Exile -- New creation -- Faith -- Paradise -- Fall -- The end of Enlightenment.

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"Commonly translated as the "Jewish Enlightenment," the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe's age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded a Jewish cultural revival, better understood against the background of Eastern European Romanticism. Based on imaginative and historically grounded readings of primary sources, Litvak presents a compelling case for rethinking the most important concepts that currently inform the positioning of the Haskalah within the context of Jewish emancipation, nationalism, and secularization. Most importantly, she challenges the prevailing view that the Haskalah was the political and philosophical mainspring of Jewish liberalism. In Litvak's ambitious rereading, nineteenth-century Eastern European intellectuals emerge as the authors of a Jewish Romantic revolution. Fueled by unfulfilled longings for community, spiritual perfection, and historical authenticity, the poets and scholars associated with the Haskalah were ambivalent about the contemporary struggle for Jewish equality and the quest for material improvement. Their skepticism about the universal promise of Enlightenment continues to shape Jewish political and religious values."--Project Muse.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt4jw0v6

Title

Haskalah : The Romantic Movement in Judaism.

International Standard Book Number

9780813554365

Haskalah.

Judaism-- History-- 18th century.

Judaism-- History-- 19th century.

Haskalah.

HISTORY-- Europe-- General.

Judaism.

RELIGION-- Judaism-- History.

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REL-- 040030

SOC049000

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Book number

Litvak, Olga.

Date of Transaction

20200822133908.0

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[Book]

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