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Article: Germans, Jews and the Claims of Modernity.(Book Review)
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Germans, Jews and the Claims of Modernity, by Jonathan M. Hess. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. 258 pp. $35.00.
Jonathan Hess's latest book, Germans, Jews and the Claims of Modernity, is an important and provocative contribution to the ongoing debate about German Enlightenment, Judaism, and modernity. It is based on solid archival research, which is as old-fashioned as it is productive. Hess is very well read in the literature, history, and political philosophy of the 18th century, and his interest in the role of the Jews in the intellectual debates of the 18th century gives his research a special touch. In contrast to the recent book by Amos Elon, The ...