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Four Jews on Parnassus—a Conversation: Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, Schönberg
Carl Djerassi
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Description for Four Jews on Parnassus—a Conversation: Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, Schönberg
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Seethaler, Professor Gabriele. Num Pages: 232 pages, 118 illus. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 820.
This book features a CD of rarely performed music, including a specially commissioned rap by Erik Weiner of Walter Benjamin's "Thesis on the Philosophy of History." Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schonberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a refugee from Hitler's Austria, dramatizes a dialogue between these four men in which they discuss fraternity, religious identity, and legacy as well as reveal aspects of their lives-notably their relations with their ... Read more
This book features a CD of rarely performed music, including a specially commissioned rap by Erik Weiner of Walter Benjamin's "Thesis on the Philosophy of History." Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schonberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a refugee from Hitler's Austria, dramatizes a dialogue between these four men in which they discuss fraternity, religious identity, and legacy as well as reveal aspects of their lives-notably their relations with their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146548
SKU
V9780231146548
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About Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi, novelist, playwright, and emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University, is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of an oral contraceptive) and the National Medal of Technology. He has published an autobiography, a memoir, a collection of short stories, a poetry chapbook, five novels, ... Read more
Reviews for Four Jews on Parnassus—a Conversation: Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, Schönberg
A beautiful book.
Frederic Raphael Times Literary Supplement The prodigiously illustrated book is a readable treatment of an important subject. Booklist These four titular mid-20th century Jewish intellectuals from Germany and Austria come back to life with vigor. Library Journal
Frederic Raphael Times Literary Supplement The prodigiously illustrated book is a readable treatment of an important subject. Booklist These four titular mid-20th century Jewish intellectuals from Germany and Austria come back to life with vigor. Library Journal