Spinoza and Other Heretics, Volume 1: The Marrano of Reason by Yirmiyahu Yovel (

Description: Spinoza and Other Heretics, Volume 1 by Yirmiyahu Yovel Presents Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) as the influential thinker of modernity - and examines the question of whether he was the "first secular Jew." This title presents the origins of the idea of immanence in the culture of Spinozas Marrano ancestors, Jews in Spain and Portugal who had been forcibly converted to Christianity. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This ambitious study presents Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) as the most outstanding and influential thinker of modernity--and examines the question of whether he was the "first secular Jew." A number-one bestseller in Israel, Spinoza and Other Heretics is made up of two volumes--The Marrano of Reason and The Adventures of Immanence. Yirmiyahu Yovel shows how Spinoza grounded a philosophical revolution in a radically new principle--the philosophy of immanence, or the idea that this world is all there is--and how he thereby anticipated secularization, the Enlightenment, the disintegration of ghetto life, and the rise of natural science and the liberal-democratic state. The Marrano of Reason The Marrano of Reason finds the origins of the idea of immanence in the culture of Spinozas Marrano ancestors, Jews in Spain and Portugal who had been forcibly converted to Christianity. Yovel uses their fascinating story to show how the crypto-Jewish life they maintained in the face of the Inquisition mixed Judaism and Christianity in ways that undermined both religions and led to rational skepticism and secularism.He identifies Marrano patterns that recur in Spinoza in a secularized context: a "this-worldly" disposition, a split religious identity, an opposition between inner and outer life, a quest for salvation outside official doctrines, and a gift for dual language and equivocation.This same background explains the drama of the young Spinozas excommunication from the Jewish community in his native Amsterdam. Convention portrays the Amsterdam Jews as narrow-minded and fanatical, but in Yovels vivid account they emerge as highly civilized former Marranos with cosmopolitan leanings, struggling to renew their Jewish identity and to build a "new Jerusalem" in the Netherlands. Author Biography Yirmiyahu Yovel (19352018) was professor emeritus of philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Long Description This ambitious study presents Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) as the most outstanding and influential thinker of modernity--and examines the question of whether he was the "first secular Jew." A number-one bestseller in Israel, Spinoza and Other Heretics is made up of two volumes--The Marrano of Reason and The Adventures of Immanence. Yirmiyahu Yovel shows how Spinoza grounded a philosophical revolution in a radically new principle--the philosophy of immanence, or the idea that this world is all there is--and how he thereby anticipated secularization, the Enlightenment, the disintegration of ghetto life, and the rise of natural science and the liberal-democratic state. The Marrano of Reason The Marrano of Reason finds the origins of the idea of immanence in the culture of Spinozas Marrano ancestors, Jews in Spain and Portugal who had been forcibly converted to Christianity. Yovel uses their fascinating story to show how the crypto-Jewish life they maintained in the face of the Inquisition mixed Judaism and Christianity in ways that undermined both religions and led to rational skepticism and secularism.He identifies Marrano patterns that recur in Spinoza in a secularized context: a "this-worldly" disposition, a split religious identity, an opposition between inner and outer life, a quest for salvation outside official doctrines, and a gift for dual language and equivocation.This same background explains the drama of the young Spinozas excommunication from the Jewish community in his native Amsterdam. Convention portrays the Amsterdam Jews as narrow-minded and fanatical, but in Yovels vivid account they emerge as highly civilized former Marranos with cosmopolitan leanings, struggling to renew their Jewish identity and to build a "new Jerusalem" in the Netherlands. Details ISBN0691020787 Author Yirmiyahu Yovel Short Title SPINOZA & OTHER HERETICS Pages 264 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691020787 ISBN-13 9780691020785 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 199.492 Year 1992 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Residence US Subtitle The Marrano of Reason Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691020785 UK Release Date 1992-01-28 NZ Release Date 1992-01-28 US Release Date 1992-01-28 Publication Date 1992-01-28 Alternative 9780691073446 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1992-04-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161685567;

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