Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration
This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784). 
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Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration
This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784). 
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Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

by Marco Piazza
Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

by Marco Piazza

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This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784). 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783031187124
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 01/01/2023
Series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 624 KB

About the Author

Marco Piazza is Associate Professor at the University of Roma Tre, Italy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Irreverent Hermeneut.- Chapter 3: The “Tolerated” The Aspiring Godfather Rabbi.- Chapter 4: The Forgetful Genealogist.- Chapter 5: The Aspiring Godfather.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.- Chapter 7: Epilogue: Did Voltaire Make an Exception for a Certain Jewish “Philosopher”?.
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