Scholem, Arendt, Klemperer [electronic resource] : intimate chronicles in turbulent times / Steven E. Aschheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aschheim, Steven E., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--Identity.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.

Jews--Germany--History--20th century.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Klemperer, Victor, 1881-1960--Diaries.

Klemperer, Victor.

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975--Correspondence.

Arendt, Hannah.

Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982--Correspondence.

Scholem, Gershom.

Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982--Diaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; Cincinnati : Published in association with Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholem, Arendt, KlempererIntimate Chronicles in Turbulent TimesSteven E. AschheimThe way three prominent German-Jewish intellectuals confronted Nazism, as revealed by their intimate writings.Through an examination of the remarkable diaries and letters of three extraordinary and distinctive German-Jewish thinkers -- Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt, and Victor Klemperer -- Steven E. Aschheim illuminates what these intimate writings reveal about their evolving identities and world

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Gershom Scholem and the Creation of Jewish Self-Certitude; 2 Hannah Arendt and the Complexities of Jewish Selfhood; 3 Victor Klemperer and the Shock of Multiple Identities; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-06614-5

9786612066146

0-253-10869-1

OCLC:

56611024