Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (280 S.)
,
Ill.
Edition:
2014
Series Statement:
Jewish Culture and Contexts
Parallel Title:
Print version Difference of a Different Kind : Jewish Constructions of Race During the Long Eighteenth Century
DDC:
155.8/209409032
Keywords:
Jews, European Race identity 17th century
;
History
;
Jews, European Race identity 18th century
;
History
;
Race awareness History 17th century
;
Race awareness History 18th century
;
Difference (Philosophy) History 17th century
;
Difference (Philosophy) History 18th century
;
Difference (Psychology) History 17th century
;
Difference (Psychology) History 18th century
;
Religion,History
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Main description: The eighteenth century has long been considered a formative period in the history of European racial identity. Difference of a Different Kind offers a new exploration of the ways Jewish authors confronted notions of race that began to pervade European ideology and adapted them to construct their own identity.
Abstract:
Biographical note: Iris Idelson-Shein is Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Martin Buber Professur fur Judische Religionsphilosophie, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
Description / Table of Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on translations and transliterationIntroduction -- Chapter 1. An East Indian Encounter -- Chapter 2. "And Let Him Speak" -- Chapter 3. Whitewashing Jewish Darkness -- Chapter 4. Fantasies of Acculturation -- Epilogue. A Terrible Tale -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.9783/9780812209709
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