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During his more than fifty-year writing career, American Jewish
philosopher Horace Kallen (1882–1974) incorporated a deep focus
on science into his pragmatic philosophy of life. He exemplified
the hope among Jews that science would pave the way to full and
equal integration. In this intellectual biography, Kaufman explores
Kallen's life and illumines how American scientific culture
inspired not only Kallen's thought but that of an entire
generation. Kaufman reveals the ways in which Kallen shaped the
direction of discussions on race, ethnicity, modernism, and
secularism that influenced the entire American Jewish community. An
ardent secularist, Kallen was also a serious religious thinker
whose Jewish identity, as unique and idiosyncratic as it was,
exemplifies the modern responsiveness to the moral ideal of
""authenticity."" Kaufman shows how one man's quest for
authenticity contributed to a gradual shift in Jewish self
perception in America and how, in turn, his struggle led to
America's embrace of Kallen's well-known term ""cultural pluralism.
During his more than fifty-year writing career, American Jewish
philosopher Horace Kallen (1882-1974) incorporated a deep focus on
science into his pragmatic philosophy of life. He exemplified the
hope among Jews that science would pave the way to full and equal
integration. In this intellectual biography, Kaufman explores
Kallen's life and illumines how American scientific culture
inspired not only Kallen's thought but that of an entire
generation. Kaufman reveals the ways in which Kallen shaped the
direction of discussions on race, ethnicity, modernism, and
secularism that influenced the entire American Jewish community. An
ardent secularist, Kallen was also a serious religious thinker
whose Jewish identity, as unique and idiosyncratic as it was,
exemplifies the modern responsiveness to the moral ideal of
""authenticity."" Kaufman shows how one man's quest for
authenticity contributed to a gradual shift in Jewish self
perception in America and how, in turn, his struggle led to
America's embrace of Kallen's well-known term ""cultural pluralism.
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