ISBN:
9780691119229
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9781400841882 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
175 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400841882
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
305.8924
Keywords:
Lessing, Theodor
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Judentum
;
Identität
;
Assimilation
;
Antisemitismus
;
Selbsthass
;
Haskala
;
Deutschland
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Today, the term ""Jewish self-hatred"" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. In On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred, Paul Reitter demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. He traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came, in 1930, to write a book that popula...
Note:
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,
Online-Ausg.:
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