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The Tragedy of Optimism: Writings on Hermann Cohen (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2018._Complete collection of Schwarzschild's essays on the neo-Kantian Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen._ Steven S. Schwarzschild (1924–1989) was arguably the leading expositor of German-Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen (1842–1918), undertaking a lifelong effort to reintroduce Cohen's thought into contemporary philosophical discourse. In _The Tragedy of Optimism_, George Y. Kohler brings together all of Schwarzschild's work on Cohen for the first time. Schwarzschild's readings of Cohen are unique and…Read more
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VorwortIn Eveline Goodman-Thau & George Y. Kohler (eds.), Nationalismus und Religion: Hermann Cohen zum 100. Todestag, Universitätsverlag Winter. 2019.
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22The Birth of Modern Jewish Theology: Reactions to Bruno Bauer’s Secular SupersessionismJournal for the History of Modern Theology/Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte 28 (1): 1-20. 2021.Jüdische Gelehrte reagierten auf Bruno Bauers antisemitisches Pamphlet Die Judenfrage (1842) auf ganz verschiedene Weise. Gemeinsam war allen Antworten jedoch die Annahme, dass die Mission des Judentums an Kultur und Humanität noch nicht erfüllt ist und auch nicht vom Christentum allein erfüllt werden kann. Nur der mosaische Monotheismus war dazu bestimmt, „den zivilisierten Nationen eine moralische Grundlage zu geben“, wie Gotthold Salomon, einer der in diesem Aufsatz behandelten Denker, gegen …Read more
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82Medieval Infinities in Mathematics and the Contribution of GersonidesHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 23 (2). 2006.
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28Nationalismus und Religion: Hermann Cohen zum 100. Todestag (edited book)Universitätsverlag Winter. 2019.Anlasslich des 100. Todestages von Hermann Cohen und 100 Jahre nach Erscheinen seines Spatwerkes "Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums" behandelt dieser Band im Spannungsfeld von Philosophie und Religion die Frage des Nationalen, die im gegenwartigen Prozess der Radikalisierung und Politisierung der religiosen und philosophischen Grundfragen von Vernunft und Ethik zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt. Eine Bedingung fur das Verstandnis von Cohens Kantkritik ist in diesem Zusammenhang ei…Read more
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38"Scholasticism Is a Daughter of Judaism": The Discovery of Jewish Influence on Medieval Christian ThoughtJournal of the History of Ideas 78 (3): 319-340. 2017.
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75Am HaSefer [Volk des Buches]Zeitschrift für Religions- Und Geistesgeschichte 62 (1): 85-86. 2010.
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40The general subject of the book is the re-discovery of Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed by the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement in Germany of the nineteenth and beginning twentieth Germany. Since this movement is inseparably connected with religious reforms that took place at about the same time, it shall be demonstrated how the Reform Movement in Judaism used the Guide for its own agenda of historizing, rationalizing and finally turning Judaism into a philosophical enterprise of ‘ethical m…Read more
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32Modern Jewish theology: the first one hundred years, 1835-1935 (edited book)University of Nebraska Press. 2023.Modern Jewish Theology is the first comprehensive collection of Jewish theological ideas from the pathbreaking nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, featuring selections from more than thirty of the most influential modern Jewish thinkers of the era.
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123Moshe Halbertal: HaRambamZeitschrift für Religions- Und Geistesgeschichte 62 (3): 301-303. 2010.
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94Finding God’s Purpose: Hermann Cohen’s Use of Maimonides to Establish the Authority of Mosaic LawJournal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 18 (1): 75-105. 2010.The most important Jewish source for Hermann Cohen's rational theology of Judaism is Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed . Indeed, the Guide is of such importance that Cohen bases his entire idealistic interpretation of the Jewish religion on it. In particular, Cohen derives his discussion of the continued authority of Mosaic law from the Guide . What follows focuses on Cohen's discussion of the “Law” in his Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism , and attempts to fill a gap in recent C…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| History of Western Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
| History of Western Philosophy |
| Philosophical Traditions |