Moses Hess: the Holy History of Mankind and Other Writings

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Moses Hess is a major figure in the development of both early communist and Zionist thought. The Holy History of Mankind appeared in 1837, and Shlomo Avineri provides the first full English translation of this classic text, along with new renditions of Sozialismus und Kommunismus and Ein Kommunistisches Bekenntnis.;Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology of the life of Moses Hess -- A note on the text -- Bibliographical note -- The Holy History of Mankind -- Part One The Past as the Foundation of what would happen -- Part Two The Future, as the Consequence of what has Happened -- APPENDIX Christ and Spinoza (From Rome and Jerusalem: The Last Nationality Question [1862].) -- Index. Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology of the life of Moses Hess -- A note on the text -- Bibliographical note -- The Holy History of Mankind -- Part One The Past as the Foundation of what would happen -- Part Two The Future, as the Consequence of what has Happened -- APPENDIX Christ and Spinoza (From Rome and Jerusalem: The Last Nationality Question [1862].) -- Index.