GERM2160 · German Studies
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course investigates the impact of modernity on Jewish thought and religion. Highlights include readings from Baruch Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Martin Buber, and Susannah Heschel. Modernity necessitated that Jews renegotiate their identity as they came to be defined along religious, national, and racial lines. The rise of the nation-state led Jews to confront a crucial question: how can they belong to both the Jewish people and as citizens of their countries? How can the modern Jew co-exist with religious law and tradition? We will turn to philosophers and thinkers as they addressed the modern historical phenomena of antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and feminism. Conducted in English.
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Fall 2023
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