Overview
- Summary
- Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities and individuals. By 1939, the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Publisher's description.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012
- Locale
- Europe
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
-
The melting glacier
The Christian problem
Grandees and grandstanders
From shtetl to shtot
New Jerusalems
Holy men
Unholy women
Luftmenshn
Non-Jewish Jews
The linguistic matrix
The power of the word
A people of many books
Masques of modernity
Youth
Utopias
In the cage, trying to get out
Camping
On the eve
Existential crisis
Epilogue: Fates known and unknown. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-520) and index.
The melting glacier -- The Christian problem -- Grandees and grandstanders -- From shtetl to shtot -- New Jerusalems -- Holy men -- Unholy women -- Luftmenshn -- Non-Jewish Jews -- The linguistic matrix -- The power of the word -- A people of many books -- Masques of modernity -- Youth -- Utopias -- In the cage, trying to get out -- Camping -- On the eve -- Existential crisis -- Epilogue: Fates known and unknown.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416594277
1416594272
9781416594284
1416594280 - Physical Description
- xxi, 552 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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