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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790682403321

Titolo

Against the grain : Jewish intellectuals in hard times / / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014

ISBN

1-78238-003-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenRichard I

HoffmanStefani

MendelsohnEzra

Disciplina

305.5/52089924043

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence

Jews, East European - Germany

Intellectuals - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Political culture - Germany - History - 20th century

Jews - Germany - Intellectual life

Germany Ethnic relations

Germany Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Strauss, Scholem, Arendt, Benjamin -- Part II. Political positioning in hard times -- Part III. Brothers and strangers: the issue of identity  -- Part IV. In the shadow of the Holocaust.

Sommario/riassunto

Highlighting the seminal role of German Jewish intellectuals and ideologues in forming and transforming the modern Jewish world, this volume analyzes the political roads taken by German Jewish thinkers; the impact of the Holocaust on the Central and East European Jewish intelligentsia; and the conundrum of modern Jewish identity. Several of German Jewry's most outstanding figures such as Scholem, Strauss, and Kohn are discussed. Inspired by Steven E. Aschheim's work, several contributors focus on the fraught relationship between German and East European Jews (the so-called Ostjuden) and betwe