Screen LibraryMakers of Jewish modernity : thinkers, artists, leaders, and the world they made /
"This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on p...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler; and artists such as Mark Rothko. The book provides fresh insights into the lives and careers of novelists like Franz Kafka, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; social scientists such as Sigmund Freud; religious leaders and thinkers such as Avraham Kook and Martin Buber; and many others. Written by a diverse group of leading contemporary scholars from around the world, these vibrant and frequently surprising portraits offer a global perspective that highlights the multiplicity of Jewish experience and thought. A reference book like no other, Makers of Jewish Modernity includes an informative general introduction that situates its subjects within the broader context of Jewish modernity as well as a rich selection of photos."--Publisher's description. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 680 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691164236 0691164231 |
| Index Number: | BM195 |
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B985 K18 K818.738.2 |
| Call Number: | K818.738.2/M235 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: Thinking Jewish modernity / Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): Judaism essential and mysterious / Émile Durkheim (1858-1917): modern society and the Jews / Theodor Herzl (1860-1904): sovereignty and the two Palestines / Simon Dubnow (1860-1941): reluctant secularism / Bernard Lazare (1865-1903): radical modernism and Jewish identity / Avraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohen Kook (1865-1935): revelation and redemption / Aby Warburg (1866-1929): "Thinking Jewish" in modernity / Walther Rathenau (1867-1922): Bildung, prescription, prophecy / Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945): poetic redemption / Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919): universalism and particularism / Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): sonic allegories / Martin Buber (1878-1965): the theopolitical hour / Albert Einstein (1879-1955): solidarity and ambivalence / Horace Kallen (1882-1974): pragmatic modernism / Franz Kafka (1883-1924): wiring in motion / David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973): the politicization of the Jews / Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929): on the idea of diaspora / René Cassin (1887-1976): human rights and Jewish internationalism / Shmuel Yoseph Agnon (1888-1970): baptism by fire / Walter Benjamin (1892-1940): anti-apocalyptic world politics / Peretz Markish (1895-1952): modern Marxist and Yiddishist / Gershom Scholem (1897-1982): mystical modernism / Leo Strauss (1899-1973): Protestant Judaism and its Islamic remedy / Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994): a believer's voyage / Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969): Auschwitz and commodity fetishism / Mark Rothko (1903-1970): beyond absence / Elias Canetti (1905-1994): a difficult contemporary / Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995): tradition and its other / Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): being in the present / Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-1987): Judaism past and present / Simone Weil (1909-1943): a Jewish thinker? / Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997): unpretentious passion / Nathan Alterman (1910-1970): poetry national and political / Saul Bellow (1915-2005): Athens and Jerusalem / Primo Levi (1919-1987): memory and enlightenment / Paul Celan (1920-1970): the word proscribed / Clarice Lispector (1920-1977): a woman of spirit / Nelson H. Vieira -- Juan Gelman (1930-2014): The bereaved bird / Jacques Derrida (1930-2004): Judeities / Philip Roth Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005): poetry, power, powerlessness / Joel and Ethan Coen (1954- /1957- ): finding Rabbi Marshak / Judith Butler (1956- ): between ethics and politics / |