The many shades of light: Isaiah Berlin, the Counter-Enlightenment, and the Haskalah

Authors :: Philipp Lenhard
Source :: Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. 21:406-424
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2020.
Abstract: Intellectual historian Isaiah Berlin saw a totalitarian and dogmatic tendency within the Enlightenment tradition which he called “optimistic monism,” that is, the idea that personal freedom and cul...

Subjects :: Cultural Studies
Counter-Enlightenment
History
Sociology and Political Science
Philosophy
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Political Science and International Relations
Zionism
Personal freedom
Religious studies
Monism
Haskalah
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