Overview
- Clarifies Voltaire’s attitude towards the Jews for the first time in a comprehensive and chronological manner
- Allows to philosophically reconsider Voltaire’s theory of toleration in a critical light
- Provides new elements to reflect on the relationship between tolerance and intolerance in the Enlightenment era
Part of the book series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism (PCSAR)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration
Authors: Marco Piazza
Series Title: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18712-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18711-7Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18714-8Published: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18712-4Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2946-4633
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 182
Topics: History of France, History, general, Judaism, Philosophy, general, European Literature