Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Zutot; Perspectives on Jewish Culture
Angaben zur Quelle:
18 (2021) 119-129
Keywords:
Scholem, Gershom,
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Ball, Hugo, Influence
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Blauweisse Brille
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World War, 1914-1918 Public opinion
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German poetry Jewish authors
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History and criticism
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Literature, Experimental
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Zionism History 20th century
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Jews Intellectual life 20th century
Abstract:
The purpose of this essay is to examine one of Gershom Scholem’s most obscure undertakings, a proto-Dadaist and antiwar text that he published, together with a few friends, during the first year of World War One. As is shown, this project has drawn heavily from the work of one of the leading avant-garde poets, later among the founding members of the Dada movement in Zurich, Hugo Ball. Discussed side by side, the works of Gershom Scholem and Hugo Ball offer a unique view onto the anti-war sentiment and the need for experimental language in an attempt to express a disdain so profound and fundamental that words and sentences seem unable to capture.
DOI:
10.1163/18750214-bja10016
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