An Episode of Jewish Romanticism: Franz Rosenzweig's the Star of Redemption

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.

About the author

Ernest Rubinstein is Librarian at the Ecumenical Library, The Interchurch Center, New York City and is Instructor at New York University's School of Continuing Education.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest Rubinstein
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9780791442753
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-4275-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Weight: 553 g
• Series: Suny Series, Judaica: Hermeneu; Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, My; Suny Series, Judaica: Hermeneu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, Literature - Classics / Criticism