Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews

Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews adds significantly to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. The book sets out from an exploration of the nature and cultur...

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Main Authors: Gelbin, Cathy S., Gilman, Sander L (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2017, [2017]
Series:Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews adds significantly to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. The book sets out from an exploration of the nature and cultural-political implications of the shifting perceptions of Jewish mobility and fluidity around 1800, when modern cosmopolitanist discourse arose. Through a series of case studies, the authors analyze the historical and discursive junctures that mark the central paradigm shifts in the Jewish self-image
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780472130412
0472122967
0472130412