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The End of Jewish Modernity
Enzo Traverso
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Description for The End of Jewish Modernity
Paperback. A provocative take on Jewish history, explaining the metamorphoses of mainstream Jewish culture and politics Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Has Jewish modernity exhausted itself? Flourishing between the age of Enlightenment and the Second World War, the intellectual, literary, scientific and artistic legacy of Jewish modernity continues to dazzle us, however, in this provocative new book, esteemed historian Enzo Traverso argues powerfully that this cultural epoch has come to an end. Previously a beacon for critical thinking in the Western world, the mainstream of Jewish thought has, since the end of the war, undergone a conservative turn. With great sensitivity and nuance, Traverso traces this development to the virtual destruction of European Jewry by the Nazis, ... Read more
Has Jewish modernity exhausted itself? Flourishing between the age of Enlightenment and the Second World War, the intellectual, literary, scientific and artistic legacy of Jewish modernity continues to dazzle us, however, in this provocative new book, esteemed historian Enzo Traverso argues powerfully that this cultural epoch has come to an end. Previously a beacon for critical thinking in the Western world, the mainstream of Jewish thought has, since the end of the war, undergone a conservative turn. With great sensitivity and nuance, Traverso traces this development to the virtual destruction of European Jewry by the Nazis, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336664
SKU
V9780745336664
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About Enzo Traverso
Enzo Traverso is Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University. His publications include more than ten authored and edited books, including The End of Jewish Modernity (Pluto, 2016), Fire and Blood, The European Civil War 1914-1945 (Verso, 2016) and Understanding the Nazi Genocide: Marxism after Auschwitz (Pluto Press, 1999).
Reviews for The End of Jewish Modernity
'Exciting and delightful ... this slim volume manages to deliver a comprehensive statement which makes a significant contribution to the discourses of politics, postmodern theory and intellectual history'
The Muslim World Book Review 'Stimulating'
Times Literary Supplement 'Imaginative and provocative ... a nuanced and intelligent treatise'
Benjamin Ramm, Jewish Quarterly 'Enzo Traverso is without doubt the most ... Read more
The Muslim World Book Review 'Stimulating'
Times Literary Supplement 'Imaginative and provocative ... a nuanced and intelligent treatise'
Benjamin Ramm, Jewish Quarterly 'Enzo Traverso is without doubt the most ... Read more