Biblioteca / 1980-1989
Shlomo Avineri. Moses Hess. Prophet of Communism and Zionism.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
FROM RHINE TO JORDAN
Chapter 2
SPINOZA, THE VISION OF SOCIALISM AND THE MEMORY OF THE JEWISH POLITY
Stages of Historical Development
The New World
Judaism and Socialism
Chapter 3
THE EUROPEAN TRIARCHY: THE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE
The Dimension of the Future and the Jews in History
England and the Vision of Harmonious Social Man
Russia— A Dangerous Outsider
Judea, the Holy German Empire, and Jewish Emancipation
Chapter 4
THE EMERGENCE OF HESS’ ETHICAL SOCIALISM
Articles on Radical Thought
The Philosophy of Action
Religion: The Social Function of the “Opium of the People”
The Critique of French Radicalism and the Unity of Theory and Praxis
Chapter 5
THE CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM AND THE VISION OF SOCIALIST SOCIETY
Alienation, Capitalism, and Christianity
German Radical Philosophy and the Shadows of Christian Theology
The Profile of the Proletarian Revolution
Chapter 6
POST-1848 INTERMEZZO: THE RUSSIAN MENACE TO EUROPEAN SOCIALISM
Chapter 7
ROME AND JERUSALEM
The Book and Its Composition
The Jews Are a Nation
The Basis of Jewish Renaissance
The Failure of Liberal Emancipation and the German Predicament
Race, Culture, and the Abolition of Race Rule
Spinoza, Messianism, and the Philosophical Foundations of Judaism
The Vision of a Jewish National Rebirth
The French Connection
The Old-New Land: Continuity and Transformation in the Socialist Jewish Commonwealth
CONCLUSION