Modernism Without Jews?: German-Jewish Subjects and Histories Contributor(s): Spector, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253029538 ISBN-13: 9780253029539 Publisher: Indiana University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2017 Click for more in this series: German Jewish Cultures |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 943.004 |
LCCN: 2017001601 |
Series: German Jewish Cultures |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.60 lbs) 194 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - German |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Nowhere else have Jews contributed so massively and consequentially to the general culture than in Germany. From Mendelssohn to Marx, from Freud to Einstein, Jewish contributions to secular German thought have been both wide-ranging in scope and profound in their impact. But how are these intellectual innovations contributions to European Jewish culture? How are they to be defined as Jewish? Scott Spector argues for a return to the actual subjects of German-Jewish history as a way to understand them and their worlds. By engaging deeply with the individual as well as with the literary or philosophical character of the text, Spector offers a fresh view of the presumed contradictions, uncertainties, and paradoxes that underlie the project of Jewish participation in culture. Spector forges a new definition of what modernist creativity means in our understanding of German-Jewish culture. |
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