1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785038503321

Autore

Brenner Michael <1964->

Titolo

Prophets of the past [[electronic resource] ] : interpreters of Jewish history / / Michael Brenner ; Translated by Steven Rendall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-69227-5

9786612692277

1-4008-3661-1

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RendallSteven

Disciplina

909/.049240072

Soggetti

Jews - Historiography

Jewish historians

Judaism - Historiography

Jews - History - 1789-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Jewish History as History of Religion -- Chapter 2. Between Religion and Nation -- Chapter 3. The Nationalization of Jewish History -- Chapter 4. Jewish History without Tears? -- Chapter 5. The Return of the Nation to Its Land -- Chapter 6. Postmodern Influences -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Prophets of the Past is the first book to examine in depth how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. Michael Brenner reveals that perhaps no other national or religious group has used their shared history for so many different ideological and political purposes as the Jews. He deftly traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow, the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians, and the short-lived efforts of Soviet-Jewish historians; to the work of British and American scholars such as Cecil Roth and Salo Baron; and to Zionist and post-Zionist interpretations of Jewish history. He also unravels the distortions of Jewish history writing, including antisemitic



Nazi research into the "Jewish question," the Soviet portrayal of Jewish history as class struggle, and Orthodox Jewish interpretations of history as divinely inspired. History proved to be a uniquely powerful weapon for modern Jewish scholars during a period when they had no nation or army to fight for their ideological and political objectives, whether the goal was Jewish emancipation, diasporic autonomy, or the creation of a Jewish state. As Brenner demonstrates in this illuminating and incisive book, these historians often found legitimacy for these struggles in the Jewish past.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962695003321

Titolo

The auditory cortex : a synthesis of human and animal research / / edited by Reinhard Konig ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-61336-2

1-282-37914-3

9786612379147

1-4106-1306-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KönigReinhard <1960->

Disciplina

612.8/255

Soggetti

Auditory cortex

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF AUTHORS; PART I: AUDITORY CORTICAL FIELDS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS; PART II: CODING OF SOUNDS; PART III: PLASTICITY, LEARNING, AND COGNITION; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding human hearing is not only a scientific challenge but also a problem of growing social and political importance, given the steadily increasing numbers of people with hearing deficits or even deafness. This book is about the highest level of hearing in humans and other mammals. It brings together studies of both humans and animals thereby giving a more profound understanding of the concepts,



approaches, techniques, and knowledge of the auditory cortex. All of the most up-to-date procedures of non-invasive imaging are employed in the research that is described.