Spirit and Folk
Jewish Mysticism and the Struggle for German Nationhood
Spirit and Folk
Jewish Mysticism and the Struggle for German Nationhood
240 pages | 6 x 9
History: European History
Philosophy: History and Classic Works
Religion: Judaism, Religion and Literature
Table of Contents
Introduction: Old Texts, New Realities
Chapter One: Jewish, German, and Christian Occultism
Chapter Two: Meister Eckhart and Rabbi Nachman: Martin Buber’s Universalism
Chapter Three: Spiritual Literature: Meir Wiener’s Kabbalistic Expressionism
Chapter Four: Starting Over: Oskar Goldberg’s Radical Kabbalism
Chapter Five: The Science of Man: Ernst Müller’s Anthroposophical Kabbalah
Chapter Six: Solid Ground: Gershom Scholem’s Scientification of Jewish Mysticism
Chapter Seven: Whom Does Jewish Mysticism Belong To?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index