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Jewish Universalisms: Mendelssohn, Cohen, and Humanity's Highest Good

by Jeremy Fogel Fogel

  • Hardback
  • 368 pages
  • Publisher: Brandeis University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm

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An original and comprehensive comparison of the universalisms of two major modern Jewish philosophers. Any version of universalism relevant to a more attentive, pluralistic, and postcolonial outlook would balance the urgent current need for a universalistic perspective with the desire to maintain the richness of human diversity. The modern Jewish philosophers who sought to partake in the Enlightenment's universalistic vision while maintaining their distinct identities as members of a religious minority within Europe offer insightful answers. Jewish Universalisms analyzes how two major figures, Moses Mendelssohn and Hermann Cohen, dealt with the perceived tension between the universal values characteristic of the Enlightenment and aspects of Judaism often depicted as particularistic and parochial. Jeremy Fogel joins this lively debate in modern Jewish philosophy, offering a comparative examination of these thinkers and analyzing their worldviews from an innovative axiological perspective. Fogel writes that to gain a precise understanding of how Mendelssohn and Cohen argued for the concordance of Judaism and universalism, one must first seek out what they delineated as ultimately valuable. Then one can work out how that highest good, and the method of valuation it sustains, are universal.

  • Title

    Jewish Universalisms: Mendelssohn, Cohen, and Humanity's Highest Good

  • Author

    Jeremy Fogel Fogel

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brandeis University Press

  • Published

    December 2025

  • Weight

    1000g

  • Page Count

    368

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781684581733

  • ISBN-10

    1684581737

  • Eden Code

    6206942

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