The Hebrew republic : Jewish sources and the transformation of European political thought /
By: Nelson, Eric
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BookPublisher: USA : Harvard University Press , 2010Description: 229 pages.ISBN: 9780674050587; 0674050584; 9780674062139; 0674062132.Subject(s): -- Politics and government -- To 70 A.D | Judaism and politics -- History of doctrines | Politics in rabbinical literature | Political science -- Europe -- History | Civilization -- Jewish influences | -- political philosophyDDC classification: 320.011 Review: "According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization - the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this work Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation."--Jacket.
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