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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. |
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Acknowledgments; Editors' Note; Introduction; Part I. Strauss, Scholem, Arendt, Benjamin; 1. A Zionist Critique of Jewish Politics; 2. Leo Strauss Reading Karl Marx during the Cold War; 3. Gershom Scholem, Einst und Jetzt; 4. Death or Birth; 5. Fragments from a Correspondence (Walter Benjamin, Gershom Scholem); Part II. Political Positioning in Hard Times; 6. In Heidegger's Shadow; 7. Walther Rathenau's Dilemma; 8. "Nothing But a Disillusioned Love"?; 9. Historicism and the Event; Part III. Brothers and Strangers; 10. Asiatic Brothers, European Strangers. |
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11. "Brothers and Strangers"12. "Man kann verjuden"; Part IV. In the Shadow of the Holocaust; 13. A "Usable Past" and the Crisis of European Jews; 14. Three Jewish Émigrés at Nuremberg; 15. The Frankfurt School and the "Jewish Question," 1940-1970; 16. Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony; Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Aschheim, Steven E., 1942- -- Political and social views.
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Aschheim, Steven E., 1942- |
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Political and social views. |
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Strauss, Leo -- Political and social views.
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Strauss, Leo. |
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Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life.
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Jews. |
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Germany. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) |
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Intellectuals -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Intellectuals. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews, East European -- Germany.
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Germany -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Political culture. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Jews, East European. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Jews -- Intellectual life. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9781299954588 |
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1299954588 (e-book) |
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9781299954588 (e-book) |
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9781782380030 |
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1782380035 |
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9781782380023 |
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1782380027 |
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