Against the grain Jewish intellectuals in hard times

Against the grain : Jewish intellectuals in hard times / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman, and Richard I. Cohen.

Other author/creator	Mendelsohn, Ezra.
Other author/creator	Hoffman, Stefani.
Other author/creator	Cohen, Richard I.
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn, 2014.
Description	xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Aschheim, Steven E., 1942---Political and social views. Strauss, Leo--Political and social views. Jews--Germany --Intellectual life. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence. Intellectuals--Political aspects --Germany --History --20th century Political culture--Germany --History --20th century. Jews, East European--Germany. Germany--Intellectual life --20th century. Germany--Ethnic relations.

Contents	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.
Abstract	"This volume analyzes the political roads taken by German Jewish thinkers; the impact of the Holocaust on the Central and East European Jewish intelligentsia; and the conundrum of modern Jewish identity"--Publisher's summary.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-294) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013005581
ISBN	9781782380023 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781782380030 (institutional)

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