Rosenstock, Bruce.

Transfinite Life : Oskar Goldberg and the Vitalist Imagination. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages) - New Jewish Philosophy and Thought Series . - New Jewish Philosophy and Thought Series .

Cover -- TRANSFINITE LIFE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Hans Driesch and the Revival of Naturphilosophie -- 2 Georg Cantor and the Mathematics of God -- 3 Goldberg's Ontology and Unger's Politics and Metaphysics -- 4 The Reality of the Hebrews and YHWH's Battle for the Earth -- 5 Gershom Scholem, Oskar Goldberg, and the Meaning of Jewish History -- Conclusion: Ghosts and the Vitalist Imagination -- Appendix I: Thomas Mann's Critique of The Reality of the Hebrews -- Appendix II: Franz Joseph Molitor's Philosophie der Geschichte and Oskar Goldberg's Kabbalah Interpretation -- Bibliography -- Index.

Caricatured as a Jewish proto-fascist in his day, Goldberg's views of the tyranny of technology, biopolitics, and the "new vitalismremain relevant to this day.

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Goldberg, Oskar,--1885-1952.


Electronic books.

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