German Jewry: Between Hope and Despair

Published by Academic Studies Press 2013

German Jewry

Between Hope and Despair

Edited by: Nils Roemer

In the series Jews in Space and Time

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618110497

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German Jewry between Hope and Despair,1871-1933, provides important interpretations of this tumultuous and conflict-ridden period and invites readers to partake in the ongoing debate over modern Jewish identities and cultures. Marked at the outset by emancipation and the emergence of modern anti-Semitism, the period witnessed a profound transformation of Jewish social, political, and religious life culminating in the renaissance of Jewish cultures on the eve of the Holocaust. This textbook unites studies that inform our understanding of this historical epoch to this day as well as important historical revisions. Amongst the many contributions are texts by Michael Brenner, Willi Goetschel, Marion Kaplan, George L. Mosse, Peter Pulzer, and Till van Rahden.

Author / Editor information

Nils Roemer (PhD Columbia University) is a professor of history and the Stan and Barbara Rabin Professor in Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Roemer’s research interests lie in the fields of modern and Jewish history, with a specific emphasis on German-Jewish history. He has a particular interest in cultural intellectual history. He is the author of the recent books Jewish Scholarship and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Between History and Faith (2005) and German City—Jewish Memory: The Story of Worms (2010). He is also co-editor of many publications, including German History from the Margins (2006); Crossing the Atlantic: Travel and Travel Writing in Modern Times (2011); and Longing, Belonging, and the Making of Jewish Consumer Culture (2011).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Acknowledgement Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Nils Roemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER I. Jews and Nation Building in Germany, 1815-1918 Peter Pulzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
CHAPTER II. Situational Ethnicity versus Milieu Identity: Jews and Catholics in Imperial Germany Till van Rahden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
CHAPTER III. Redefining Judaism in Imperial Germany: Practices, Mentalities, and Communities Marion Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER IV. Kafka’s Kitsch: Laughter, Tears, and Yiddish Theatre in Prewar Weimar Berlin David A. Brenner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER V. “The Rathenau Charisma”: Modern Design and Art in the Service of the Rathenaus Elana Shapira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
CHAPTER VI. The Jews and the German War Experience, 1914-1918 George L. Mosse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
CHAPTER VII. Gemeinschaft and Gemeinde: The Ideological and Institutional Transformation of the Jewish Community Michael Brenner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
CHAPTER VIII. German Jews beyond Bildung and Liberalism: The Radical Jewish Revival in the Weimar Republic Steven Aschheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
CHAPTER IX. Between Deutschtum and Judentum: Ideological Controversies within the Centralverein Avraham Barkai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
CHAPTER X. Inside/Outside the University: Philosophy as Way and Problem in Cohen, Buber, and Rosenzweig Willi Goetschel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
CHAPTER XI. Cultural Transfers between Ostjuden and Westjuden: German Jewish Intellectuals and Yiddish Culture, 1897-1930 Delphine Bechtel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
CHAPTER XII. A Jewish Heimat on Borrowed Time Nils Roemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	352

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 360

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Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9781618110497