LEADER 04531nam 22008414a 450 001 9910810736003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35695-X 010 $a9786612356957 010 $a0-520-92935-7 010 $a1-59734-780-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520929357 035 $a(CKB)1000000000005673 035 $a(EBL)223471 035 $a(OCoLC)475928037 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150917 035 $a(PQKB)11426015 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056141 035 $a(OCoLC)56029756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223471 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30432 035 $a(DE-B1597)520827 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520929357 035 $a(dli)HEB06679 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007094913 035 $a(PPN)195003799 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000005673 100 $a20020726d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aObstinate Hebrews $erepresentations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 /$fRonald Schechter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 225 1 $aStudies on the history of society and culture ;$v49 225 1 $aS. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23557-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-317) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Nation within the Nation?: The Jews of Old Regime France --$t2. Jews and Philosophes --$t3. Jews and Citizens --$t4. Contrapuntal Readings: Jewish Self-Representation in Prerevolutionary France --$t5. Constituting Differences: The French Revolution and the Jews --$t6. Familiar Strangers: Napoleon and the Jews --$tConclusion: Jews and Other "Others" --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aEnlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France-both by Gentiles and Jews themselves-Ronald Schechter offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, Obstinate Hebrews is a fascinating tale of cultural appropriation cast in the light of modern society's preoccupation with the "other." Schechter argues that the French paid attention to the Jews because thinking about the Jews helped them reflect on general issues of the day. These included the role of tradition in religion, the perfectibility of human nature, national identity, and the nature of citizenship. In a conclusion comparing and contrasting the "Jewish question" in France with discourses about women, blacks, and Native Americans, Schechter provocatively widens his inquiry, calling for a more historically precise approach to these important questions of difference. 410 0$aStudies on the history of society and culture ;$v49. 410 0$aS. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. 606 $aJews$zFrance$xIdentity 606 $aJews$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aJews in literature 606 $aFrench literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews$zFrance$xSocial conditions$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xEthnic relations 615 0$aJews$xIdentity. 615 0$aJews$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aJews in literature. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews$xSocial conditions 676 $a305.892/4044/09033 700 $aSchechter$b Ronald$01016628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810736003321 996 $aObstinate Hebrews$92379518 997 $aUNINA