Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
ארץ אחרת
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (תשסב) 58-61
Keywords:
קפקא, פרנץ,
;
מרקס, קרל,
;
Self-hate (Psychology)
;
Jews Identity
Abstract:
Although Karl Marx and Franz Kafka were both self-hating Jews, their attitudes toward Judaism differed greatly. Marx, who converted to Christianity in 1824, at the age of seven, displayed an irrational hatred of Jews in his writings throughout his life. He adopted all of the anti-Jewish stereotypes, viewing the Jew as the root of all evil, contaminating the world with his greed. Unlike Marx, who sought to alienate himself from Judaism, Kafka sought a more authentic Judaism. Although he is considered a self-hating Jew due to his condemnation of assimilated Western or modern Jews like himself, he actually aspired to be more like the Yiddish- and Hebrew-speaking Eastern European Jews. In 1911, through the influence of a Yiddish theater group, he began to study aspects of Judaism and to include Jewish topics in his works, and in 1917 he began to study Hebrew. However, he felt he could never become the kind of Jew he wanted to be.
Note:
על יחסם של קרל מרקס ופרנץ קפקא ליהדותם.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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