An Episode of Jewish Romanticism, livre ebook

Assesses the impact of romanticism on the thought of Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig.

Assesses the impact of romanticism on the thought of Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig.

Examining romanticism in the thought of Jewish philosopher, Franz Rosenzweig, this book compares his magnum opus, The Star of Redemption, with Leo Baeck's essay, "Romantic Religion," and Friedrich Schelling's Philosophy of Art, texts representing two distinct and, to a large extent, opposed interpretations of romanticism.

Rosenzweig's thought was shaped by two intellectual histories: Germany's and Judaism's. Because romanticism had such a definite impact on modern German writing and thought, it becomes a question whether, and to what extent, Rosenzweig, too, was a romantic. Part of the force of the question derives from the tensions sometimes noted between Jewish and romantic worldviews. In this book, author Ernest Rubinstein shows The Star of Redemption to be along the spectrum of ideas that extends between Baeck and Schelling, and thus illustrates a qualified romanticism.

Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction

Judaism and Romanticism
Romanticism and Idealism
Rosenzweig and Baeck
Baeck and Schelling
Schelling and Rosenzweig
Synopsis of The Star of Redemption
2. A Reading of The Star of Redemption through "Romantic Religion"

Introduction
Romantic Redemption
Romantic Anti-Ethics
Romantic Darkness
Romantic Inversion
Romantic Completion
Conclusions
3. A Reading of The Philosophy of Art against "Romantic Religion"

Introduction
Redemption
Ethics
Darkness
Inversion
Completion
Conclusions
4. A Reading of The Star of Redemption through The Philosophy of Art

Introduction
Philosophy and the Protocosmos
Art and the Protocosmos
Philosophy and the Cosmos
Art and the Cosmos
Philosophy and the Hypercosmos
Art and the Hypercosmos
Conclusions
5. Conclusions
Notes
Index