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Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity

Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity

Smith, Steven B.

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0300076657
ISBN13: 9780300076653
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Nov 1 1998
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.13 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Steven Smith's lucid and compelling argument for writing Spinoza into the political theory canon is also a profound meditation on the Spinozan theme of religion and republican liberty.-Michael Walzer An important book, elevating Spinoza to a deserved place beside Hobbes and Locke as one of the founders of modern political philosophy and showing the importance of 'the Jewish Question' for the whole meaning of modern liberalism.-Nathan Tarcov A compelling book . . . a searching exposition of what was overthrown and what was built, what sacrificed and what gained, by the theological-political revolution Spinoza championed.-Peter Berkowitz, Wilson Quarterly The book is clearly written and reveals a mastery of the writings of classical political theory. No other book covers this ground.-Choice Baruch Spinoza (1632-77)-often recognized as the first modern Jewish thinker-was also a founder of modern liberal political philosophy. This prize-winning book is the first to connect systematically these two aspects of Spinoza's legacy. Smith shows that Spinoza was a politically engaged theorist who both advocated and embodied a new conception of the emancipated individual, a thinker who decisively influenced such diverse movements as the Enlightenment, liberalism, and political Zionism.

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