Constructing Modern Identities Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815-1914 / Keith H. Pickus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickus, Keith H., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--Identity.

Jews.

Jewish college students--Germany--Societies, etc--History--19th century.

Jewish college students.

Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933.

Jewish college students--Germany--History--19th century.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Wayne State University Press 2017

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emergence of Jewish student associations in 1881 provided a forum for Jews to openly proclaim their religious heritage. By examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Keith Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and redefined what it meant to be Jewish. Not only did the identities crafted by these students enable them to actively participate in German society, they also left an indelible imprint on contemporary Jewish culture. Pickus's portrayal of the mutability and social function of Jewish self-definition challenges previous scholarship that depicts Jewish identity as a static ideological phenomenon. By illuminating how identities fluctuated throughout life, he demonstrates that adjusting one's social relationships to accommodate the Gentile and Jewish worlds became the norm rather than the exception for 19th-century German Jews.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Organizations

I. The Transformation of Jewish Education

1. Identity and Education in the Modern Era

2. Jewish University Students in Preunification Germany

II. The Organizational Impulse

3. Emancipation and the Reintroduction of the "Jewish Question" at German Universities

4. The Emergence of Jewish Student Associations

III. Defining and Redefining the Subject

5. Reconstructing Forgotten Jews: Portraits of the Noncorporate Student Body

6. A Coat of Many Colors: German Jewry on the Eve of World War I

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814343517

0814343511

OCLC:

1111943402