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Against the grain : Jewish intellectuals in hard times / / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. Cohen



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Titolo: Against the grain : Jewish intellectuals in hard times / / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. Cohen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
Disciplina: 305.5/52089924043
Soggetto topico: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Influence
Jews, East European - Germany
Intellectuals - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century
Political culture - Germany - History - 20th century
Jews - Germany - Intellectual life
Soggetto geografico: Germany Ethnic relations
Germany Intellectual life 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: Jewish Studies, History: 20th Century to Present
Altri autori: CohenRichard I  
HoffmanStefani  
MendelsohnEzra  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 betwe
Titolo autorizzato: Against the grain  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-003-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790682403321
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