The Holy History of Mankind (1837-1862)

It's chilling just how prescient Hess' predictions on the trajectory of history proved to be.

Sam: "...the new Prussian king Wilhelm I, proclaimed an amnesty for all political prisoners and exiles." Me: "Wait, then why did Karl Marx stay in London?" Sam: "Except for Karl Marx." Me: "Thanks!"

We often call Herzl the "Visionary of the Jewish State", but apparently someone was a few years ahead of him by a few decades.

As a non-Jew who found this channel because I enjoy learning about the Bronze and Iron Ages, this has undoubtedly been your best video yet!

Great video! I knew that Hess was an early Zionist thinker but hearing his words on antisemitism in Germany and the future state of Israel was quite eerie

For anyone interested on the Bauer and Marx response to the former, David Leopold's book on the young Marx has a chapter dedicated to it. Also, as a brief aside, the interpretation of Marx as an economic determinism (in the sense defined in the video) is generally criticized by most academic historical and philosophical interpreters. On the Young Hegelians as a whole, there are quite a few books available, so for everyone interested in Hess I definitely recommend then as to have a fuller picture of the common influences that shaped the various figures. (One I've read recently and can recommend is Warren Breckman's, though its focus is definitely on building up to his discussion of Marx, so keep it in mind if you get it). Anyway, looking forward to the next video.

In my opinion this is up to this point the most important video in the series. The way it visualizes Hess's works shows that by using everything discussed in the previous videos he managed to predict the two biggest events in Jewish history since the Roman era, being the most negative one and the most positive one. Basically, this is the part where it's all starting to come together.

Wow, that was an eventful episode. Things are going to get real interesting soon. Keep up the good work, Sam!

Oh my God that final prophetic part was so insane, it's so insane I've never heard of this guy.

..It's fascinating to see how much right he was about his predictions of Germany and Israel. Though I wonder what was his idea of building a state with Arabs in Palestine in more detail

Wow! I never knew the story of Moses Hess! It's weird we were not taught about him in History class. Tonight I'm meeting my history-teacher mother-in-law. I'll have to ask her what she tells pupils about him. His second book literally predicted WWII!

I've watched last 10 minutes like 8 times in this one week. This is by far my fav episode. "It doesn't have to be this way...It wasn't always this way"... This was a very beatiful transition that my words are failing to describe its smoothiness, drama and finalization. It reached the terminal station for both the train of thought you have built within this video but also for the 6 months of material you have been building up in a Hitchockian way that sent the viewer (me) back to years ago, to the Constiution of Judea during that black screen even before you explained it. We knew this was coming, but when and how. It had been hinted with Spinoza, tensions started with Mendelson, rose with Helek Tov, Italy and Cavour set a climax on their own terms but it wasn't the one we sought. Then you relieved the tension with Rome Jerusalem. Also your musical choices are PHENOMENAL.

Hey Sam! I love your videos! as an Israeli secular Jew who's been interested in our History for years, It's been amazing to learn so much about it, especially about things that are not covered in the education system or not talked about. I have heard of Moses Hess but never knew anything about him, and this video was so well made! I wanted to ask if you ever considered making a discord server for your subscribers, it could be an excellent way to get to know the people who follow you and interact with them, and may also be an excellent place for updates on videos (and possibly have added benefits to patrons) :)

I clicked on this video expecting some more explanation of the revolutions of mid 19th century and not only I found that but also a well detailed history of pre-Herzl Zionism. Excellent work, Sam!

To clarify something for those who are unaware. The surname Hess denotes someone with an ancestor who came from the state of Hesse. Moritz is not related to Rudolph of Spandau fame

I keep forgetting to "like" episodes of this fantastic series because I tend to binge-watch them but I need to say that it is such an educational joy! Time to say thanks again!

Hi I’m a fan from Mauritius do you think you can cover the history of jews in my country?

Good reminder that Zionism was not invented by Herzl out of nothing. This episode: heavy thinkers and philosophers. Next episode: Levi Strauss. 😆

hess went from freshman philosophy student making manifestos which sound like they could of been written by one today to predicting the shoah and that's gotta be an intellectual transformation if i've ever seen one

Holy f*** this is an amazing video. Incredible storytelling, and an impactful structure to tell it in.