Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-18711-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Reihe: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism

This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piazza, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Irreverent Hermeneut.- Chapter 3: The “Tolerated” The Aspiring Godfather Rabbi.- Chapter 4: The Forgetful Genealogist.- Chapter 5: The Aspiring Godfather.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.- Chapter 7: Epilogue: Did Voltaire Make an Exception for a Certain Jewish “Philosopher”?.

Über Autor(innen)

Marco Piazza is Associate Professor at the University of Roma Tre, Italy.