ISBN:
9780674245105
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 388 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2021
DDC:
943.8/004924009042
Keywords:
Jews Identity 20th century
;
History
;
Jews Politics and government 20th century
;
History
;
Jewish nationalism History 20th century
;
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Poland History 1918-1945
;
Polen
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1918-1938
Abstract:
Introduction: Unchosen times, unchosen conditions -- Futurelessness and the Jewish question -- Toward a politics of doubt and exit -- Minorityhood and the limits of culture -- Antisemitism, nationalism, eliminationism - of skepticism and chastened inquiry -- Palestine as possibility - reason, exit, and post-communal triage -- Conclusion: "With a cruel logic".
Abstract:
"Conventional histories of modern Jewish politics emphasize the agency offered by Zionism, liberalism, and socialism. Kenneth B. Moss traces a darker reckoning with powerlessness amid grave dangers in Europe's largest Jewish community, recovering a search for realism about minority experience, the nation-state, and the making of a future"--
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