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Language of Conformity and Dissent
Giuseppe Veltri
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Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
This book outlines some aspects of Jewish intellectual life in the nineteenth and twentieth century, presenting a narrative of the relationship between Jewish scholars and their cultural environment. It investigates the language of conformity and dissent and interprets it as an imaginative grammar, comprising an arsenal of images, concepts, and interpretations. There is a special focus on German roots, for Germany played a major role as an intellectual laboratory in the areas of the (new) branches of academic life. This book consists of four parts: i) Searching for a Scientific Language; ii) “And the Jews” : Political and Cultural History ... Read more
This book outlines some aspects of Jewish intellectual life in the nineteenth and twentieth century, presenting a narrative of the relationship between Jewish scholars and their cultural environment. It investigates the language of conformity and dissent and interprets it as an imaginative grammar, comprising an arsenal of images, concepts, and interpretations. There is a special focus on German roots, for Germany played a major role as an intellectual laboratory in the areas of the (new) branches of academic life. This book consists of four parts: i) Searching for a Scientific Language; ii) “And the Jews” : Political and Cultural History ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618112385
SKU
V9781618112385
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Ref
99-15
About Giuseppe Veltri
Giuseppe Veltri is professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany and the director of the Leopold Zunz Center. His published books include Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish Garb: Foundations and Challenges in Jewish Thought on the Eve of Modernity and Libraries, Translations and Canonic Texts: The Septuagint, Aquila, and Ben Sira in Jewish and Christian Tradition.
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