Review:
"Nietzsche, Yovel has provided a well balanced and dispassionate study of a topic that probably is more important philosophically than previous scholarship has conceded."-Robert C. Holub, SHOFAR "Impartial and gentlemanly to the core, Yovel presents a valuable exposition of two of the thinkers, whose works span the gamut from the completion of the modern project of rationality (Hegel) to its complete rejection from an anti-modern perspective (Nietzsche). The guiding question of this exposition is how Hegel and Nietzsche view and represent Jews and Judaism. The result is remarkable."-Michael Zank, Modern Judaism "Yirmiyahu Yovel's Dark Riddle is a well-crafted and much-needed contribution to three scholarly literatures: on Hegel, on Nietzsche, and on the situation and the perception of the Jewish people in nineteenth-century Europe. Yovel shows precisely how Judaism and the Jews were `thematized' in the work of two influential philosophers. His deep going study of Nietzsche, in particular, is a surprise, setting a much misunderstood record straight. This book is engaging and fascinating reading for anyone who cares about the interplay of philosophical ideas with the events of modern history."-Stephen Crites, Wesleyan University
Synopsis:
Each half of what the author stresses as a philosophical rather than political analysis if they can be separated of the image of Judaism is devoted to a seminal 19th century German philosopher. First, he interprets the views of Hegel and his predecessors (Spinoza, Mendelssohn, and Kant) on "the religion of sublimity." A provocative angle on Nietzsc
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