{"product_id":"redemption-and-utopia-jewish-libertarian-thought-in-central-europe-9781786630858","title":"Redemption and Utopia: Jewish Libertarian Thought in Central Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eClassic study of Jewish libertarian thought, from Walter Benjamin to Franz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTowards the end of the nineteenth century, there appeared in Central Europe a generation of Jewish intellectuals whose work was to transform modern culture. Drawing at once on the traditions of German Romanticism and Jewish messianism, their thought was organized around the cabalistic idea of the \"tikkoun\" redemption. \u003ci\u003eRedemption and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e uses the concept of \"elective affinity\" to explain the surprising community of spirit that existed between redemptive messianic religious thought and the wide variety of radical secular utopian beliefs held by this important group of intellectuals. The author outlines the circumstances that produced this unusual combination of religious and non-religious thought and illuminates the common assumptions that united such seemingly disparate figures as Martin Buber, Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin and Georg Luk cs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Löwy\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Director of Sociology at the Centre national de la recherché scientifique, Paris. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin's\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eOn the Concept of History\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363152466194,"sku":"9781786630858","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c413eea-bad7-4672-af92-fe034961ce42.jpg?v=1728406038","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/redemption-and-utopia-jewish-libertarian-thought-in-central-europe-9781786630858","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}