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Voltaire Against the Jews, or The Limits of Toleration

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Authors:
  1. Marco Piazza

    1. Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

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  • 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)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Irreverent Hermeneut

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 21-47

  4. The “Tolerated” Rabbi

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 49-81

  5. The Forgetful Genealogist

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 83-112

  6. The Aspiring Godfather

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 113-137

  7. Conclusion

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 139-155

  8. Epilogue: Did Voltaire Make an Exception for a Certain Jewish “Philosopher”?

    • Marco Piazza
    Pages 157-161

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-182
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About this book

This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784). 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

    Marco Piazza

About the author

Marco Piazza is Associate Professor at the University of Roma Tre, Italy.

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

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