Against the grain : Jewish intellectuals in hard times / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. Cohen.
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TextPublisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781782380030 (ebook)
- Strauss, Leo -- Political and social views
- Aschheim, Steven E., 1942- -- Political and social views
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence
- Jews, East European -- Germany
- Intellectuals -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life
- Germany -- Ethnic relations
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- 305.5/52089924043 23
- DS134.26 .A35 2014
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No detailed description available for "Against the Grain".
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Strauss, Scholem, Arendt, Benjamin -- Part II. Political positioning in hard times -- Part III. Brothers and strangers: the issue of identity -- Part IV. In the shadow of the Holocaust.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2013).
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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CHOICE Review
In this tribute to historian Steven Aschheim, 16 scholars explore the intellectual contributions of 19th-20th-century Jewish scholars. Leo Strauss and Gershom Scholem dominate the opening chapters. Jewish identity issues united and divided behind Zionism, cultural integration, and more abstract approaches to ethical questions, such as those aired by Emmanuel Levinas. In the final chapters, the Holocaust's pivotal place in the Jewish consciousness becomes the tool for interpreting the contributions of Jewish intellectuals, whether as scholars, legal advisers at Nuremberg, or survivors. Loosely following Aschheim, these brief and largely biographical sketches share a common vision of Jewish intellectuals as sociocultural outsiders struggling to understand the tumultuous challenges of being Jewish in modern society. In his own work, Aschheim helped detach Nietzsche from Nazism, though Nazism held tight to Nietzsche's legacy. Escaping simple labels, Aschheim remains close to his mentor, George Mosse. Consequently, these authors are also inclined to look beyond first appearances for the plethora of pieces that help profile the past. On a more critical note, Aschheim's influence disappears in these articles, whether penned by new or established scholars. Authors appear more interested in their own subjects than in critiquing Aschheim. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty. D. A. Meier Dickinson State UniversityThere are no comments on this title.