Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity (Jewish Encounters Series)
Rebecca Goldstein’s Betraying Spinoza explores the controversial figure of Baruch Spinoza, presenting him as a renegade Jewish thinker whose ideas became associated with modernity. This Jewish Encounters volume considers the intersection of philosophy, religious identity, and intellectual history.
About This Book
Rebecca Goldstein’s Betraying Spinoza examines the life and ideas of Baruch Spinoza, a thinker identified in its subtitle as a renegade Jew.
The book considers Spinoza’s relationship to Jewish identity and his place in the development of modernity.
Part of the Jewish Encounters series, it presents Spinoza through the connected perspectives of philosophy, religion, and intellectual history.
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