Funkenstein's diverse interests were bound together by common figures of thought, especially the search for pre-modern intellectual groundings of modern ideas and how the seeming 'impossibilities' of one historical moment might become positive resources of conceptual construction and development in another. The essays in this volume take up major themes in European intellectual history, and examine them through the unique lens that Funkenstein himself employed during his career. Of particular interest are ways in which topics of Jewish history are engaged with the larger field of the history of ideas in the West. Richly interdisciplinary and full of fresh insights, Thinking Impossibilities is a fitting tribute to an important twentieth-century scholar.
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Funkenstein's diverse interests were bound together by common figures of thought, especially the search for pre-modern intellectual groundings of modern ideas and how the seeming 'impossibilities' of one historical moment might become positive resources of conceptual construction and development in another. The essays in this volume take up major themes in European intellectual history, and examine them through the unique lens that Funkenstein himself employed during his career. Of particular interest are ways in which topics of Jewish history are engaged with the larger field of the history of ideas in the West. Richly interdisciplinary and full of fresh insights, Thinking Impossibilities is a fitting tribute to an important twentieth-century scholar.
Imprint | University of Toronto Press |
Country of origin | Canada |
Series | UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series |
Release date | May 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Editors | Robert S Westman, David Biale |
Dimensions | 235 x 159 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8020-9795-8 |
Barcode | 9780802097958 |
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LSN | 0-8020-9795-2 |