LEADER 03392nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910973502403321 005 20250513230141.0 010 $a9780231518307 010 $a0231518307 024 7 $a10.7312/djer14654 035 $a(CKB)2670000000186832 035 $a(EBL)895183 035 $a(OCoLC)826478665 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12223976 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10643031 035 $a(PQKB)10480269 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895183 035 $a(DE-B1597)458806 035 $a(OCoLC)979904200 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231518307 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542625 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL684235 035 $a(Perlego)775285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000186832 100 $a20080509d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFour Jews on Parnassus $ea conversation : Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, Schönberg /$fCarl Djerassi ; illustrations by Gabriele Seethaler 205 $awith music CD 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781322529530 311 08$a1322529531 311 08$a9780231146548 311 08$a023114654X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFour men -- Four wives -- One angel (by Paul Klee) -- Four Jews -- Benjamin's grip. 330 $aThis book features a CD of rarely performed music, including a specially commissioned rap by Erik Weiner of Walter Benjamin's "Thesis on the Philosophy of History." Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schönberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a refugee from Hitler's Austria, dramatizes a dialogue between these four men in which they discuss fraternity, religious identity, and legacy as well as reveal aspects of their lives-notably their relations with their wives-that many have ignored, underemphasized, or misrepresented. The desire for canonization and the process by which it is obtained are the underlying themes of this dialogue, with emphasis on Paul Klee's Angelus Novus (1920), a canonized work that resonated deeply with Benjamin, Adorno, and Scholem (and for which Djerassi and Gabrielle Seethaler present a revisionist and richly illustrated interpretation). Basing his dialogue on extensive archival research and interviews, Djerassi concludes with a daring speculation on the putative contents of Benjamin's famous briefcase, which disappeared upon his suicide. 606 $aJewish philosophy$zGermany$vDrama 606 $aImaginary conversations 607 $aParnassus, Mount (Greece)$vDrama 615 0$aJewish philosophy 615 0$aImaginary conversations. 676 $a812/.54 700 $aDjerassi$b Carl$090903 701 $aSeethaler$b Gabriele$01818272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973502403321 996 $aFour Jews on Parnassus$94377328 997 $aUNINA