To be a Jew : Joseph Chayim Brenner as a Jewish existentialist / Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sagi, Abraham, author.

Series:

Kogod library of Judaic studies ; 8.

The Kogod library of Judaic studies ; 8

Standardized Title:

Li-heyot Yehudi. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brenner, Joseph Ḥayyim, 1881-1921--Criticism and interpretation.

Brenner, Joseph Ḥayyim.

Existentialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Other Title:

Joseph Chayim Brenner as a Jewish existentialist

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"To Be a Jew deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence. Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. In contrast to this perception, Avi Sagi proves that not only did Brenner not reject the value of the Jewish existence, but the core of his creation was written out of a deep Jewish commitment. Brenner's greatest innovation is found in his new conception of Jewish existence. To be a Jew, according to Brenner, involves the willingness to discover solidarity with actual Jews, to participate in a society in which Jews can live a free life and to fashion their culture as they wish. Sagi presents the idea that Brenner's is not a Utopian, but a realistic, conception of Jewish existence. Thus this unique conception of Jewish existence is founded on an infrastructure of existential thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

1. A preliminary Outline of Brenner's Approach

2. Brenner, the Personal Writer

3. Brenner and the Existential Meaning of Literature

4. An Existentialist Analysis of Existence

5. The Personal and the Jewish Dimensions

6. Moulding Jewish Life

7. Jewish Existence and Nationalism

8. Brenner's Manifesto: 'One the "Vision" of Apostasy'

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-214) and index.

ISBN:

9786613201942

9781472548740

1472548744

9781283201940

1283201941

9781283736206

1283736209

9780826439062

0826439063

9781441128638

1441128638

OCLC:

710974930