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The Imaginary Jew
Alain Finkielkraut
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Paperback. The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. This title decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, and reopens questions about Marx and Judaism. Translator(s): O'Neill, Kevin; Suchoff, David. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 201 pages, Introduction, notes, index. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In The Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm.
The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In The Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm.
Finkielkraut decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel’s policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, reopens questions about Marx and Judaism, and marks the loss of European Jewish culture through catastrophe, ignorance, and cliché. He notes that those who identified ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
Series
Texts and Contexts
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803268951
SKU
V9780803268951
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About Alain Finkielkraut
Born in Paris in 1949, Alain Finkielkraut is the author of eight books, including The Wisdom of Love (Nebraska 1997). Kevin O’Neill is an associate professor of French at the University of Colorado, Denver. David Suchoff, an associate professor of English at Colby College, is the author of Critical Theory and the Novel: Mass Society and Cultural Criticism in Dickens, ... Read more
Reviews for The Imaginary Jew
“The Imaginary Jew is brilliant and rueful and bitter at the same time. It shows the joint influence of Sartre and Philip Roth—a combination that only Alain Finkielkraut could bring off.”—New Yorker “Finkielkraut’s profoundly personal account of his struggle with Jewish identity is entertaining, witty and . . . unquestionably insightful.”—Jewish Chronicle “Finkielkraut is exciting to read; good to think ... Read more