Constructing Modern Identities : Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815-1914 / / Keith H. Pickus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524859203321
• Autore: Pickus Keith H. <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wayne State University Press, 2017; Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 1999; ©1999
• ISBN: 9780814343517; 0814343511
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.1/982/9924043
• Soggetti: Jews - Germany - Identity; Jewish college students - Germany - Societies, etc - History - 19th century; Jews - Germany - History - 1800-1933; Jewish college students - Germany - History - 19th century; Electronic books.; Germany Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Organizations -- I. The Transformation of Jewish Education -- 1. Identity and Education in the Modern Era -- 2. Jewish University Students in Preunification Germany -- II. The Organizational Impulse -- 3. Emancipation and the Reintroduction of the "Jewish Question" at German Universities -- 4. The Emergence of Jewish Student Associations -- III. Defining and Redefining the Subject -- 5. Reconstructing Forgotten Jews: Portraits of the Noncorporate Student Body -- 6. A Coat of Many Colors: German Jewry on the Eve of World War I -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The emergence of Jewish student associations in 1881 provided a forum for Jews to openly proclaim their religious heritage. By examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Keith Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and ; redefined what it meant to be Jewish. Not only did the identities crafted by these students enable them to actively participate in German society, they also left an indelible imprint on contemporary Jewish culture. Pickus's portrayal of the mutability and social function of Jewish self-definition challenges previous scholarship that depicts Jewish identity as a static ideological phenomenon. By illuminating how identities fluctuated throughout life, he demonstrates that adjusting one's social relationships to accommodate the Gentile and Jewish worlds became the norm rather than the exception for 19th-century German Jews.