1st Edition
Modern Gnosis and Zionism The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought
By Yotam Hotam
Copyright 2013
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical ‘cultural crisis’. One response to this crisis was the emergence of ‘Life Philosophy’, which celebrated the irrational, expressive, instinctive and spontaneous, while rejecting... Read more
Introduction Part I: The Crisis of Culture and Life Philosophy 1. Germany, the Crisis of Culture and Secular Theology 2. Life Philosophy or Modern Gnosis Part II: Modern Gnosis and Zionist Thought 3. Modern Jewish Gnosis 4. Modern Gnosis and Zionist Thought
Biography
Yotam Hotam is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa, Israel.
