Glorious, accursed Europe : an essay on Jewish ambivalence / Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit ; Michelle Engel, translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaviṭ, Yaʻaḳov, 1944-

Contributor:

Reinharz, Jehuda.

Series:

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series

The Tauber institute for the study of European Jewry series

Standardized Title:

Eropah ha-mehulelet ṿeha-meḳulelet. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe--History--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--Europe--History--20th century.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

History.

Europe.

Jews--Europe--Identity.

Europe--Civilization--19th century.

Civilization.

Europe--Civilization--20th century.

Israelis.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2010]

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Contents:

Europe discovers itself, Jews discover Europe

The glorious nineteenth century: Europe as promised land

The accursed century: Europe as an ailing culture

The emergence of the modern European Jew

Antisemitism as an incurable European disease

Old Europe or New Europe?

Manifold Europes

I am in the East, and my heart is in the West

Europeanness and anti-Europeanness in Palestine

Europe, Old or New?

Between "real Europe" and the "European spirit."

Notes:

"This book is a revised version of the Hebrew edition, which originally appeared as Eropah hamehulelet vehamekulelet (Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers), 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781584658436

1584658436

OCLC:

464597249