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Podcast: New Books in German Studies
Episode: Till Van Rahden, "Multiplicity: Jewish History and the Ambivalences of Universalism" (Hamburger Edition, 2022)
Description: Since the Enlightenment, the question has arisen as to how it is possible to think of the āunity of the human raceā as a multiplicity. How can the promise of universal equality be combined with the claim to diversity?Ā InĀ Vielheit: JĆ¼dische Geschichte und die Ambivalenzen des UniversalismusĀ (Hamburger Edition, 2022),Ā Till van Rahden takes up this central theme of European modernity through the example of Jewish history.The more the ideal of equality gained in importance, the fiercer the dispute over cultural and religious difference became. This is illustrated by the debates about the emancipation of the Jews...