{"product_id":"9780253108562","title":"Moses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Koltun-Fromm's reading of Hess is of crucial import for those who study\u003cbr\u003e the construction of self in the modern world as well as for those who are concerned\u003cbr\u003e with Hess and his contributions to modern thought.... a reading of Hess that is\u003cbr\u003e subtle, judicious, insightful, and well supported.\" -- David\u003cbr\u003e Ellenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoses Hess, a fascinating 19th-century German Jewish\u003cbr\u003e intellectual figure, was at times religious and secular, traditional and modern,\u003cbr\u003e practical and theoretical, socialist and nationalist. Ken Koltun-Fromm's radical\u003cbr\u003e reinterpretation of his writings shows Hess as a Jew struggling with the meaning of\u003cbr\u003e conflicting commitments and impulses. Modern readers will realize that in Hess's\u003cbr\u003e life, as in their own, these commitments remain fragmented and torn. As contemporary\u003cbr\u003e Jews negotiate multiple, often contradictory allegiances in the modern world,\u003cbr\u003e Koltun-Fromm argues that Hess's struggle to unite conflicting traditions and\u003cbr\u003e frameworks of meaning offers intellectual and practical resources to re-examine the\u003cbr\u003e dilemmas of modern Jewish identity. Adopting Charles Taylor's philosophical theory\u003cbr\u003e of the self to uncover Hess's various commitments, Koltun-Fromm demonstrates that\u003cbr\u003e Hess offers a rich, textured, though deeply conflicted and torn account of the\u003cbr\u003e modern Jew. This groundbreaking study in conceptions of identity in modern Jewish\u003cbr\u003e texts is a vital contribution to the diverse fields of Jewish intellectual history,\u003cbr\u003e philosophy, Zionism, and religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJewish Literature and\u003cbr\u003e Culture -- Alvin H. Rosenfeld, editor\u003cbr\u003ePublished with the generous support\u003cbr\u003e of the Koret Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112419377392,"sku":"9780253108562","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253108562_p0.jpg?v=1765232837","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253108562","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}