Hermann Cohen's Perceptions of Spinoza: A Reappraisal

The audacious goal of Hermann Cohen's philosophy of religion is to reconcile Judaism and modern culture. Interest in Cohen's Jewish writings, especially his posthumous Religion der Vernunft, both on the part of Jewish scholars and the English and Israeli reading public, bears witness to it...

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Main Author: Nauen, Franz (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1979
In: AJS review
Year: 1979, Volume: 4, Pages: 111-124
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Summary:The audacious goal of Hermann Cohen's philosophy of religion is to reconcile Judaism and modern culture. Interest in Cohen's Jewish writings, especially his posthumous Religion der Vernunft, both on the part of Jewish scholars and the English and Israeli reading public, bears witness to its lasting significance. For the contemporary reader, the value of Cohen's project is, it appears, not canceled even by the historic fact that the Holocaust proved Cohen's messianic dream tragically—even obscenely—out of phase with the grim reality of modern Germany. As Ernst Simon pointed out, Cohen was not the only sage to follow “a false prophet”; Maimonides, for example, found nothing wrong with Rabbi Akiba's fateful allegiance to Bar Kochba.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S036400940000043X