Ernest Renan | |
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![]() Ernest Renan c. 1870s | |
Born | Joseph Ernest Renan 28 February 1823 Tréguier, Kingdom of France |
Died | 2 October 1892 Paris, French Third Republic | (aged 69)
Philosophical work | |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy |
Main interests | History of religion, philosophy of religion, political philosophy |
Notable works | Life of Jesus (1863) What Is a Nation? (1882) |
Notable ideas | Civic nationalism[1] |
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Joseph Ernest Renan (/rəˈnɑːn/;[2] French: [ʒozɛf ɛʁnɛst ʁənɑ̃]; 27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892)[3] was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic.[4] He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity,[4] and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the alleged superiority of White people over other human "races".[5] Renan is known as being among the first scholars to advance the debunked[6] Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars,[7] Turkic peoples who had adopted the Jewish religion[8] and allegedly migrated to central and eastern Europe following the collapse of their khanate.[7]
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