The Imaginary Jew (Paperback, New Ed)

Alain Finkielkraut; Translated by David Suchoff, Kevin O'Neill; Introduction by David Suchoff

Series: Texts and Contexts

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The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In "The Imaginary Jew," Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm.

Finkielkraut decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, reopens questions about Marx and Judaism, and marks the loss of European Jewish culture through catastrophe, ignorance, and cliche. He notes that those who identified with Israel continued the erasure of European Judaism, forgetting the pangs and glories of Yiddish culture and the legacy of the Diaspora.

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Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Texts and Contexts
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	April 1997
Authors:	Alain Finkielkraut
Translators:	David Suchoff • Kevin O'Neill
Introduction by:	David Suchoff
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	201
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-6895-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-6895-5
Barcode:	9780803268951