From Radical Reformation to Mystical Pre-Enlightenment

In: The Radical Enlightenment in Germany
Author:
Andrew Weeks
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80–111
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004362215_004

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Abstract

Jonathan Israel’s Radical Enlightenment appears in a different light when read in conjunction with George H. Williams’ Radical Reformation and Israel’s own history of The Dutch Republic. The radical dissent of the Reformation and its aftermath extended to Holland, influencing Spinoza’s milieu and creating preconditions for his Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670). The radical turn attributed by Israel to Spinoza appears less unprecedented when juxtaposed with its extended Reformation background, including the German speculative or mystical dissenters who anticipated his themes.

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The Radical Enlightenment in Germany

A Cultural Perspective

Series:  Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft Online, Volume: 195 and  Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, Volume: 195
Cover The Radical Enlightenment in Germany
E-Book ISBN:
9789004362215
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
26 Jun 2018

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