Book contents
- Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
- Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Moses Mendelssohn and the Rabbinic Suspending of Coercive Punishment
- Chapter 2 Who Can Command Violence, and Who Should Obey?
- Chapter 3 Jewishness and the Prophetic Anarchism of Hermann Cohen
- Chapter 4 Franz Rosenzweig and the Jewish Alternative to Militarism
- Chapter 5 Walter Benjamin and the Antinomianism of Classical Rabbinic Judaism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Sources
- Index of Subjects
Chapter 3 - Jewishness and the Prophetic Anarchism of Hermann Cohen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2023
- Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
- Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Moses Mendelssohn and the Rabbinic Suspending of Coercive Punishment
- Chapter 2 Who Can Command Violence, and Who Should Obey?
- Chapter 3 Jewishness and the Prophetic Anarchism of Hermann Cohen
- Chapter 4 Franz Rosenzweig and the Jewish Alternative to Militarism
- Chapter 5 Walter Benjamin and the Antinomianism of Classical Rabbinic Judaism
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Sources
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Chapter 3 explores the significant changes in Hermann Cohen’s account of the State between his early philosophical writings and his later Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism. It shows how Cohen draws upon ideas of messianism, prophetic thought, and monotheism in his later work to argue that those who seek to serve God should not identify themselves with the modern state.
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- Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence , pp. 108 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023