Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Religion

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: GERMAN-JEWISH IDEALISM AND ITS CRITICS ***** From the 18th century until 1933, writers imagined a symbiosis of Judaic and German philosophical and cultural ideas. In hindsight, were they tragically deluded or guardedly optimistic? Discuss skepticism, romanticism, historicism, ethical monotheism, critical theory, and neo-convervatism. Readings selected from Mendelssohn, 'Science of Judaism,' Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, Scholem, Benjamin, Arendt, and Strauss. Also offered with additional work as RELI 568.