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Author Hess, Moses, 1812-1875.

Title The holy history of mankind and other writings / Moses Hess ; translated and edited with an introduction by Shlomo Avineri
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 148 pages)
Series Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology of the life of Moses Hess; A note on the text; Bibliographical note; The Holy History of Mankind; Part One The Past as the Foundation of what would happen; Part Two The Future, as the Consequence of what has Happened; APPENDIX Christ and Spinoza (From Rome and Jerusalem: The Last Nationality Question [1862].); Index
Summary Moses Hess is a major figure in the development of both early communist and Zionist thought. The Holy History of Mankind appeared in 1837, and was the first book-length socialist tract to appear in Germany, representing an unusual synthesis of Judaism and Christianity that showed the considerable influence upon Hess of Spinoza, Herder and Hegel. In due course many of Hess's ideas would find their way into the work of Karl Marx, and into subsequent socialist thought. The distinguished political scientist Shlomo Avineri provides the first full English translation of this text, along with new renditions of Socialism and Communism, A Communist Credo; and The Consequences of a Future Revolution of the Proletariat. All of the usual reader-friendly series features are provided, including a chronology, concise introduction and notes for further reading, in a work of special relevance to students of politics, modern European history, and the history of Zionism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxv) and index
Notes English
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Subject History -- Philosophy.
Socialism.
Communism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
Communism
History -- Philosophy
Socialism
Philosophie de l'histoire.
Événement biblique.
Communisme.
Socialisme.
Form Electronic book
Author Avineri, Shlomo, 1933-2023
Hess, Moses, 1812-1875. Heilige Geschichte der Menschheit. English.
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