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Vidal and His Family: From Salonica to Paris - The Story of a Sephardic Family in the Twentieth Century
Edgar Morin
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Paperback. Tells the story of the author's father, Vidal Nahoum, the Sephardic Jews, and of Europe. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
Edgar Morin, one of France's greatest living intellectuals, tells the story of his father, Vidal Nahoum, but also the story of Sephardic Jews, and of Europe. In this 'holographic history' Vidal's story, and that of his family, carries within it the flowering, decline, and death of Jewish culture in Spain, the passage from Empires to Nation States, the complex relations between Jews and Gentiles, between East and West, and, ultimately, the history of the twentieth century itself. Morin's work ranges from the great sweep of global historical events to the everyday details of individual lives, letters, feelings, reflections, and experiences. ... Read more
Edgar Morin, one of France's greatest living intellectuals, tells the story of his father, Vidal Nahoum, but also the story of Sephardic Jews, and of Europe. In this 'holographic history' Vidal's story, and that of his family, carries within it the flowering, decline, and death of Jewish culture in Spain, the passage from Empires to Nation States, the complex relations between Jews and Gentiles, between East and West, and, ultimately, the history of the twentieth century itself. Morin's work ranges from the great sweep of global historical events to the everyday details of individual lives, letters, feelings, reflections, and experiences. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192747
SKU
V9781845192747
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About Edgar Morin
Edgar Morin is Emeritus Director at the CNRS (French National Research Center), and one of France's leading intellectuals. He has written on a variety of subjects, reviewed and received to great acclaim, ranging from Cinema to History, Politics to Science and Education. His central effort is to develop a 'method', an approach to inquiry that will do justice to the ... Read more
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