Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Virginia Quarterly Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
77,1 (2001) 49-62
Keywords:
Freud, Sigmund,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews
Abstract:
Discusses the conflicted relationship between Freud and Vienna, the city where he lived and worked for 77 years before leaving under Nazi threat in 1938. He remained an outsider, especially as a Jew. There was a higher percentage of Jews (11%) in Vienna than in any other Central European city. Antisemitism increased under Mayor Karl Lueger and due to the influence of Georg von Schönerer. However, Jews were scapegoated even before they became disproportionately prominent in the professions and in cultural life. Some of the Jews converted. Freud adopted a secular ("konfessionlos") stance, but continued to identify as a Jew. While he was ambivalent about his adopted city, the latter was largely negative toward him. His pioneering works were either ignored or considered pornographic and dangerous to society. He was feared as a breaker of taboos. Vienna resented this Jewish outsider who dared to challenge its self-image as a city of culture by focusing on sexuality and other "base" aspects of life.
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