Physical Description
xiv, 404 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : Jews and antisemitism in central European culture
The ethnic cauldron of the Habsburg empire
Adolf Fischof and the tragedy of liberalism
Austro-Marxist interpretations of the "Jewish Question"
Rosa Luxemburg, Polish socialism, and the Bund
The strange odyssey of Nathan Birnbaum
Max Nordau : from "degeneration" to "muscular Judaism"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, and the Jewish "Superman"
Theodor Herzl : artist, politician, and social utopian
In the footsteps of "King Messiah"
The last testament of Dr. Sigmund Freud
Stefan Zweig and the "World of yesterday"
Karl Kraus : an anatomy of self-hatred
Karl Lueger and Catholic judeophobia in Austria
Adolf Hitler : the making of an antisemite.
ISBN
9780803211346
0803211341 (hbk.)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [382]-389) and index.
Introduction : Jews and antisemitism in central European culture -- The ethnic cauldron of the Habsburg empire -- Adolf Fischof and the tragedy of liberalism -- Austro-Marxist interpretations of the "Jewish Question" -- Rosa Luxemburg, Polish socialism, and the Bund -- The strange odyssey of Nathan Birnbaum -- Max Nordau : from "degeneration" to "muscular Judaism" -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, and the Jewish "Superman" -- Theodor Herzl : artist, politician, and social utopian -- In the footsteps of "King Messiah" -- The last testament of Dr. Sigmund Freud -- Stefan Zweig and the "World of yesterday" -- Karl Kraus : an anatomy of self-hatred -- Karl Lueger and Catholic judeophobia in Austria -- Adolf Hitler : the making of an antisemite.
