ISBN:
9781137002280
,
9781137002273
,
113700228X
,
1137002271
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 273 Seiten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2012
Series Statement:
Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Aschheim, Steven E., 1942 - At the edges of liberalism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Aschheim, Steven E., 1942 - At the Edges of Liberalism
DDC:
305.892/404309041
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-1933
;
Jews Politics and government 20th century
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Liberalism History 20th century
;
Jews Cultural assimilation
;
Geschichte
;
Juden
;
Deutschland
;
Intellektuelles Leben
;
Politik
;
Germany Ethnic relations
;
Germany Social conditions 20th century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Deutschland
;
Juden
;
Identität
;
Assimilation
;
Antisemitismus
;
Geschichte 1800-1933
;
Liberalismus
;
Deutschland
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1800-1933
Abstract:
"The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European--especially German--and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement, creativity and destructiveness that occurred at these junctions. These encounters typically unfolded within an uneasy continuum of conflict and co-operation, conformity and resistance, refashioning or maintaining personal and collective dimensions of identity. Clearly, they never allowed for the luxury of indifference. Yet it would be wrong to present meetings of this kind as exclusively confrontational, as stark either-or choices. Life at the junctions may be vulnerable and insecure but it can also yield fresh angles of perception and new opportunities. If these boundary situations generated a modicum of friction, confusion and anxiety, and at times even murderousness, they also produced new alliances and friendships, creative projects and novel fusions and formations of identity. In exploring these dramatic moments in history, Steven Aschheim provides valuable new insights into the history of Europe, Israel, and global Judaism"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-267) and index
Permalink
