05639nam 22012855 450 991081073600332120240410063334.01-282-35695-X97866123569570-520-92935-71-59734-780-910.1525/9780520929357(CKB)1000000000005673(EBL)223471(OCoLC)475928037(SSID)ssj0000213367(PQKBManifestationID)11912187(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213367(PQKBWorkID)10150917(PQKB)11426015(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056141(OCoLC)56029756(MiAaPQ)EBC223471(MdBmJHUP)muse30432(DE-B1597)520827(DE-B1597)9780520929357(dli)HEB06679(MiU)MIU01000000000000007094913(PPN)195003799(EXLCZ)99100000000000567320200424h20032003 fg 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrObstinate Hebrews Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 /Ronald Schechter1st ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2003]©20031 online resource (346 p.)Studies on the History of Society and Culture ;49Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23557-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-317) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. A Nation within the Nation?: The Jews of Old Regime France --2. Jews and Philosophes --3. Jews and Citizens --4. Contrapuntal Readings: Jewish Self-Representation in Prerevolutionary France --5. Constituting Differences: The French Revolution and the Jews --6. Familiar Strangers: Napoleon and the Jews --Conclusion: Jews and Other "Others" --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --IndexEnlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France-both by Gentiles and Jews themselves-Ronald Schechter offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, Obstinate Hebrews is a fascinating tale of cultural appropriation cast in the light of modern society's preoccupation with the "other." Schechter argues that the French paid attention to the Jews because thinking about the Jews helped them reflect on general issues of the day. These included the role of tradition in religion, the perfectibility of human nature, national identity, and the nature of citizenship. In a conclusion comparing and contrasting the "Jewish question" in France with discourses about women, blacks, and Native Americans, Schechter provocatively widens his inquiry, calling for a more historically precise approach to these important questions of difference.Studies on the history of society and culture ;49.S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.JewsFranceSocial conditions18th centuryFrench literature19th centuryHistory and criticismJews in literaturePublic opinionFranceHistory19th centuryPublic opinionFranceHistory18th centuryJewsPublic opinionJewsFranceIdentityFranceEthnic relationsacculturation.alienation.antisemitism.assimilation.belonging.citizenship.cultural appropriation.cultural theory.discrimination.enlightenment.europe.exile.feminism.france.french history.french jews.french revolution.gender.homeland.human nature.indigenous people.intolerance.jewish history.jewish population.judaica.judaism.national identity.native americans.nonfiction.othering.politics.prejudice.racism.religion.religious difference.social body.social issues.tradition.JewsSocial conditionsFrench literatureHistory and criticism.Jews in literature.Public opinionHistoryPublic opinionHistoryJewsPublic opinion.JewsIdentity.305.892/4044/09033Schechter Ronaldauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1016628DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910810736003321Obstinate Hebrews2379518UNINA