03181nam 22007331 450 991079068240332120200520144314.01-78238-003-510.1515/9781782380030(CKB)2550000001126069(EBL)1375241(OCoLC)859837428(SSID)ssj0001001026(PQKBManifestationID)12449711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001026(PQKBWorkID)10961522(PQKB)10615958(Au-PeEL)EBL1375241(CaPaEBR)ebr10774305(CaONFJC)MIL526709(DE-B1597)637142(DE-B1597)9781782380030(MiAaPQ)EBC1375241(EXLCZ)99255000000112606920130214d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgainst the grain Jewish intellectuals in hard times /edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. CohenFirst edition.New York :Berghahn Books,2014.1 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-002-7 1-299-95458-8 Includes bibliographies and index.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. 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 betweHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)InfluenceJews, East EuropeanGermanyIntellectualsPolitical aspectsGermanyHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureGermanyHistory20th centuryJewsGermanyIntellectual lifeGermanyEthnic relationsGermanyIntellectual life20th centuryJewish Studies, History: 20th Century to Present.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Influence.Jews, East EuropeanIntellectualsPolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryJewsIntellectual life.305.5/52089924043Cohen Richard I1472954Hoffman Stefani1472955Mendelsohn Ezra298491MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790682403321Against the grain3685999UNINA