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1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-259) and indexes. |
| Summary |
Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) - often recognized as the first modern Jewish thinker - was also a founder of modern liberal political philosophy. This book is the first to connect systematically these two aspects of Spinoza's legacy. Steven B. 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. |
| Contents |
The return of the theologico-political problem -- Spinoza's audience and manner of writing -- The critique of scripture -- From sacred to secular history -- A democratic turn -- From sacred to secular history -- A democratic turn -- From Jerusalem to Amsterdam -- The legacy of the treatise -- The Jewish question reconsidered. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus.
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. |
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Tractatus theologico-politicus (Spinoza, Benedictus de) |
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Jews -- Identity.
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Jews -- Identity. |
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Judaism and philosophy.
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Judaism and philosophy. |
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Liberalism.
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Liberalism. |
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Philosophy and religion.
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Philosophy and religion. |
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Free thought.
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Free thought. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Steven B., 1951- Spinoza, liberalism, and the question of Jewish identity. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997 0300066805 (DLC) 96034870 (OCoLC)35243536 |
| ISBN |
0585342156 (electronic book) |
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9780585342153 (electronic book) |
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0300066805 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0300076657 (paperback) |
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