Future of the German-Jewish Past Memory and the Question of Antisemitism
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2020
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781557537119
Publisert
2020-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Purdue University Press
Vekt
415 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
298
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Biographical note
Gideon Reuveni is the acting director of the Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies and the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. His central research and teaching interests are the cultural and social history of modern European, Jewish history and the Holocaust. Reuveni has published widely on diverse topics such as historiography, sports, reading culture, and Jewish economic history. His most recent book is Consumer Culture and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity, which won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.Diana Franklin is manager of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. She has worked at the centre since it was founded in 1995 by Edward Timms. Franklin's background as a second-generation German-Jewish immigrant to the United Kingdom informs her ideas about the place of relationships of refugees to their host societies.
Germany's acceptance of its direct responsibility for the Holocaust has strengthened its relationship with Israel and has led to a deep commitment to combat antisemitism and rebuild Jewish life in Germany. As we draw close to a time when there will be no more firsthand experience of the horrors of the Holocaust, there is great concern about what will happen when German responsibility turns into history. Will the present taboo against open antisemitism be lifted as collective memory fades? There are alarming signs of the rise of the far right, which includes blatantly antisemitic elements, already visible in public discourse. But it is mainly the radicalization of the otherwise moderate Muslim population of Germany and the entry of almost a million refugees since 2015 from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan that appears to make German society less tolerant and somewhat less inhibited about articulating xenophobic attitudes. The evidence is unmistakable-overt antisemitism is dramatically increasing once more.The Future of the German-Jewish Past deals with the formidable challenges created by these developments. It is conceptualized to offer a variety of perspectives and views on the question of the future of the German-Jewish past. The volume addresses topics such as antisemitism, Holocaust memory, historiography, and political issues relating to the future relationship between Jews, Israel, and Germany. While the central focus of this volume is Germany, the implications go beyond the German-Jewish experience and relate to some of the broader challenges facing modern societies today.
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Offers a variety of perspectives and views on the question of the future of the German-Jewish past. The volume addresses topics such as antisemitism, Holocaust memory, historiography, and political issues relating to the future relationship between Jews, Israel, and Germany.
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AcknowledgmentsThe Future of the German-Jewish Past Starts Here, by Gideon ReuveniTHE PERSONAL, THE HISTORICAL, AND THE MAKING OF GERMAN-JEWISH MEMORY"No More Mr. Nice Guy": Questioning the Ideal of Assimilation, by Alan PosenerGeneration in Flux: Diasporic Reflections on the Future of German-Jewishness, by Sheer GanorHome on the Balcony: New Initiatives for the Preservation of Documents and Material Objects Relating to German-Jewish History, by Joachim SchlörFrom Object to Subject: Representing Jews and Jewishness at the Jewish Museum Berlin, by Michal FriedlanderPast Imperfect, Future Tense: A Mother's Letter about Loss, Storytelling, and the Profound Ambivalence of the German-Jewish Legacy, by Nicola GlucksmannLOOKING BACK TO FUTURE VISIONS OF THE GERMAN-JEWISH PASTThe Ever-Dying Jewry? Prophets of Doom and theSurvival of European Jewry, by Michael BrennerThe Thin Crust of Civilization: Lessons from the German-Jewish Past, by Mathias BerekThe Dialectics of Tradition: German-Jewish Studies and the Future, by Galili Shahar"Noch ist unsere Hoffnung nicht dahin!" Fritz Pinkuss's View on Germans, Jews, and the Universal Value of the German-Jewish Past, by Björn SiegelGERMAN-JEWISHNESS AND DIFFERENCEOn the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Being Jewish in Postwar Germany, by Sandra Anusiewicz-BaerJewish Studies without the "Other", by Klaus HödlRethinking Jews, Antisemitism, and Jewish Differencein Postwar Germany, by Lisa SilvermanNewspaper Feuilletons: Reflections on the Possibilities of German-Jewish Authorship and Literature, by Liliane WeissbergTHE GERMAN-ISRAELI COMPLEXNavigating Mythical Time: Israeli Jewish Migrants and the Identity Play of Mirrors, by Dani Kranz"The Sun Does Not Shine, It Radiates": On National(ist) Mergings in German Philosemitic Imagery of Tel Aviv, by Hannah C. TzuberiDoes the German-Jewish Past Have a Future in Israel?, by Moshe Zimmermann NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR GERMAN-JEWISH STUDIESThe Psychology of Antisemitism Revisited, by Anthony D. KaudersJewish and German: The Leo Baeck Institute Archives and Library, by Frank MecklenburgToward a Transnational Jewish Historiography: Reflections on a Possible Future Path for the German-Jewish Past, by Guy MironDigital German-Jewish Futures: Experiential Learning, Activism, and Entertainment, by Kerry WallachContributorsIndex
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781557537119
Publisert
2020-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Purdue University Press
Vekt
415 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
298
Redaktør
Biographical note
Gideon Reuveni is the acting director of the Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies and the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. His central research and teaching interests are the cultural and social history of modern European, Jewish history and the Holocaust. Reuveni has published widely on diverse topics such as historiography, sports, reading culture, and Jewish economic history. His most recent book is Consumer Culture and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity, which won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.Diana Franklin is manager of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. She has worked at the centre since it was founded in 1995 by Edward Timms. Franklin's background as a second-generation German-Jewish immigrant to the United Kingdom informs her ideas about the place of relationships of refugees to their host societies.