History of the Jews in modern Germany is usually told as the tale of outstanding individuals, completely immersed in German society and disproportionately contributing to its culture. This book focuses on the story of ordinary German Jews, concerned not merely with being like other Germans, i.e. assimilated, but simply with upward social climbing and achievements. They did not seek to abandon Judaism in entering German society but to reformulate and reinvent it to fit their new standing. Despite continuous antisemitism, Germany seemed to have accepted them on these terms.
History of the Jews in modern Germany is usually told as the tale of outstanding individuals, completely immersed in German society and disproportionately contributing to its culture. This book focuses on the story of ordinary German Jews, concerned not merely with being like other Germans, i.e. assimilated, but simply with upward social climbing and achievements. They did not seek to abandon Judaism in entering German society but to reformulate and reinvent it to fit their new standing. Despite continuous antisemitism, Germany seemed to have accepted them on these terms.
Shulamit Volkov is the Konrad Adenauer Chair for Comparative European History and Professor of Modern European History at Tel Aviv University. She was previously a fellow at St Anthony's College, Oxford, the Wissenschaftskolleg, and the Historisches Kolleg. Volkov is the author of The Origins of Popular Antimodernism in Germany: The Urban Master Artisans, 1873¿1896 (1978) and the editor of Deutsche Juden und die Moderne (1994) and Being Different: Minorities, Aliens, and Outsiders in History (2000).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Interpreting the Danger-Signs: 1. Views from East and West 2. On self-hatred and self-criticism 3. Past shadows, present needs Part II. Antisemitism as a Cultural Code: 4. Antisemitism Old and New 5. Functions and meaning 6. Norms and codes: two case studies 7. Comparing Germany with the French Republic Part III. The Jewish Project of Modernity: 8. On minorities in the nation state 9. Climbing up the social ladder 10. Paradoxes of becoming alike 11. Jewish success in science 12. On the ambivalence of Bildung 13. Forces of dissimilation 14. Inventing tradition.
Part I. Interpreting the Danger-Signs: 1. Views from East and West; 2. On self-hatred and self-criticism; 3. Past shadows, present needs; Part II. Antisemitism as a Cultural Code: 4. Antisemitism Old and New; 5. Functions and meaning; 6. Norms and codes: two case studies; 7. Comparing Germany with the French Republic; Part III. The Jewish Project of Modernity: 8. On minorities in the nation state; 9. Climbing up the social ladder; 10. Paradoxes of becoming alike; 11. Jewish success in science; 12. On the ambivalence of Bildung; 13. Forces of dissimilation; 14. Inventing tradition.
Part I. Interpreting the Danger-Signs: 1. Views from East and West 2. On self-hatred and self-criticism 3. Past shadows, present needs Part II. Antisemitism as a Cultural Code: 4. Antisemitism Old and New 5. Functions and meaning 6. Norms and codes: two case studies 7. Comparing Germany with the French Republic Part III. The Jewish Project of Modernity: 8. On minorities in the nation state 9. Climbing up the social ladder 10. Paradoxes of becoming alike 11. Jewish success in science 12. On the ambivalence of Bildung 13. Forces of dissimilation 14. Inventing tradition.
Part I. Interpreting the Danger-Signs: 1. Views from East and West; 2. On self-hatred and self-criticism; 3. Past shadows, present needs; Part II. Antisemitism as a Cultural Code: 4. Antisemitism Old and New; 5. Functions and meaning; 6. Norms and codes: two case studies; 7. Comparing Germany with the French Republic; Part III. The Jewish Project of Modernity: 8. On minorities in the nation state; 9. Climbing up the social ladder; 10. Paradoxes of becoming alike; 11. Jewish success in science; 12. On the ambivalence of Bildung; 13. Forces of dissimilation; 14. Inventing tradition.
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'Shulamit Volkov has produced more instructive pieces on the history of the German Jews than virtually any other historian. ... her most recent book ... deserves particular attention.' German Historical Institute London Bulletin
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