A University in Zion: Max Weber and Gershom Scholem on Jewish Eschatology and Academic Labor
(2021)
Journal Article
Almog, Y. (2022). A University in Zion: Max Weber and Gershom Scholem on Jewish Eschatology and Academic Labor. Modern Intellectual History, 19(4), 1286-1303. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1479244321000329
In his “Science as Vocation,” Weber equates rational academic conduct with Jewish ethics. For Weber, the Jewish tradition, which separates moral conduct from messianism, is emblematic of scientists’ strenuous distinction of empiricism from metaphysic... Read More about A University in Zion: Max Weber and Gershom Scholem on Jewish Eschatology and Academic Labor.