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ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
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MODERNITY AND THE FINAL AlM OF HIS TORY The Debate over Judaism from Kant to the Young Hegelians by
Francesco Tomasoni
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MODERNITY AND THE FINAL AlM OFHISTORY THE DEBATE OVER JUDAISM FROM KANT TO THE YOUNG HEGELIANS
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FRANCESCO TOMASONI Universit ä Dei Piemonte Orientale, Facoltä di Lettere e Filosofia, Vercelli
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New revised edition and translation of Tomasoni, Francesco, La modemitä e il fi ne della storia. II dibattito sull 'ebraismo da Kant ai giovani hegeliani © 1999 Morcelliana . Published with kind permission 0/ Morcelliana , 1talia.
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FOR ARRIGO PACCHI
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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INTRODUCTION
1. Prejudices and the philosophy 0/ history 2. The question 0/ assimilation and the starting point 0/ the study 3. Gur investigation
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CHAPTERONE REASON, HUMANITY AND RELIGIONS
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1. " True " religion and positive religions: Mendelssohn and
Lavater 2. Emancipation, toleration and faith: Mendelssohn, Hamann and Jacobi 3. The redimensioning 0/ Enlightenment: dialogue between Wizenmann and Kant
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CHAPTER TWO CHRISTIANITY, PEOPLE AND NATIONS
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1. Liberty, morality and the state: Fichte 2. Baptism and nationality: Schleiermacher and David Friedländer 3. Popular religion and reason: the first writings 0/ Hegel at Tübingen and Bern 4. The fate 0/ Judaism: the writings 0/ Hegel at Frankfurt and Jena 5. The Sublime and the election 0/ a people: the Berlin Lessons 6. The impossible conciliation: Fries
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CON TEN TS
CHAPTER THREE ATHEISM, PROGRESS AND REVOLUTION 1. Judaism and myths: Schelling and Strauss 2. Self-consciousness and social emancipation: Bruno Bauer and Karl Marx 3. Alienation, monotheism a
