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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-78238-003-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790682403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II