Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Volume 21, Issue 4 (2022)

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Special Section: Dunkle Denker: Jewish Readings of the Counter-Enlightenment (Guest Editor: Philipp Lenhard)

Special Section: Dunkle Denker: Jewish Readings of the Counter-Enlightenment

Introduction
Introduction
Philipp Lenhard
Pages: 401-405
Published online: 03 Dec 2020
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The many shades of light: Isaiah Berlin, the Counter-Enlightenment, and the Haskalah
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Pages: 406-424
Published online: 03 Dec 2020
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Self-deception and the dark side of history: Gershom Scholem’s mythology of Counter-Enlightenment
Daniel Weidner
Pages: 425-438
Published online: 03 Dec 2020
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Two “Dunkle Denker”: Leo Strauss’s Thoughts on Machiavelli
Thomas Meyer
Pages: 439-455
Published online: 03 Dec 2020
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