The Total State of the Torah: Isaac Breuer and the Foundations of Radical Orthodox Politics

IF 0.4 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY JEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1353/jqr.2023.a913350
Itamar Ben Ami
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Abstract:When did Orthodox Jewish politics become radical? Some contemporary forms of Orthodox politics incline indeed toward "totality" and antiliberalism; however, until the 1930s, Orthodox politics was mostly conservative and not radical. This essay excavates the invention of radical Orthodox politics in the writings of one of Agudath Israel's prominent ideologues, Isaac Breuer. Struggling with the crisis of modernity as it came to light in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s, Breuer developed a Gnostic worldview that deemed reality a site of corruption and sin. To rectify this situation, Breuer formulated a Jewish version of the "Conservative Revolution," calling to establish a "total state of the Torah" based on "the national socialism of the state of God." The essay reveals how deeply German right-wing thought influenced Breuer and his circle, and it presents the ideational context of Orthodox radicalism, pointing to Breuer's struggles with his early neo-Kantianism.
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托拉的总体状态:艾萨克-布劳尔与激进东正教政治的基础
摘要:东正教犹太政治何时变得激进?一些当代形式的东正教政治确实倾向于 "整体性 "和反自由主义;然而,在 20 世纪 30 年代之前,东正教政治大多是保守的,而非激进的。这篇文章从以色列农会的一位杰出思想家伊萨克-布鲁尔的著作中挖掘出激进东正教政治的发明。20 世纪 20 年代,魏玛共和国出现了现代性危机,布雷尔在与现代性危机的斗争中形成了诺斯替世界观,认为现实是腐败和罪恶的场所。为了扭转这种局面,布雷尔提出了犹太版的 "保守革命",呼吁在 "神国的国家社会主义 "基础上建立一个 "完全的托拉国家"。文章揭示了德国右翼思想对布雷尔及其圈子的深刻影响,介绍了东正教激进主义的思想背景,指出了布雷尔与他早期的新康德主义之间的斗争。
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