Germans, Jews, and antisemites : trials in emancipation / Shulamit Volkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volkov, Shulamit, 1942-

Standardized Title:

Ba-maʻagal ha-mekhushaf. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Jews.

Social conditions.

History.

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Jews--Germany--History--1789-1945.

Jews--Germany--Social conditions--20th century.

Jews--Germany--Identity.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Jews--Cultural assimilation--Germany.

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 311 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Contents:

1. Views from East and West

2. Excursus on self-hatred and self-criticism

3. Past shadows, present needs

4. Antisemitism old and new

5. Functions and meaning

6. Norms and codes

7. Comparing Germany with the French Republic

8. Excursus on minorities in the nation-state

9. Climbing up the social ladder

10. Paradoxes of becoming alike

11. Jewish success in science

12. The ambivalence of bildung

13. Forces of dissimilation

14. Inventing tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521846889

0521609593

OCLC:

60824191

Publisher Number:

9780521609593

9780521846882

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