By Steven E. Aschheim,Vivian Liska,Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem

ISBN-10: 3110372932

ISBN-13: 9783110372939

ISBN-10: 3110578611

ISBN-13: 9783110578614

In the prior a long time the “German-Jewish phenomenon” (Derrida) has more and more attracted the eye of students from numerous fields: Jewish reports, highbrow historical past, philosophy, literary and cultural experiences, serious conception. In all its complicated dimensions, the post-enlightenment German-Jewish event is overwhelmingly considered as the main critical and charged assembly of Jews with the venture of modernity. might be accordingly, from the eighteenth century via to our personal time it's been the thing of extreme mirrored image, of clashing interpretations and appropriations. In either micro and macro case-studies, this quantity engages the a number of views as encouraged via manifold actors, and analyzes their makes use of, biases and ideological capabilities over the years in numerous cultural, disciplinary and nationwide contexts. This quantity comprises either historic remedies of differing German-Jewish understandings in their event – their family to their Judaism, normal tradition and to different Jews – and modern reflections and competing interpretations as to the right way to comprehend the final adventure of German Jewry.



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