Against the Grain: Jewish Intellectuals in Hard Times

by Richard I. Cohen and Stefani Hoffman

Highlighting the seminal role of German Jewish intellectuals and ideologues in forming and transforming the modern Jewish world, this volume analyzes the political roads taken by German Jewish thinkers; the impact of the Holocaust on the Central and East European Jewish intelligentsia; and the conundrum of modern Jewish identity. Several of German Jewry's most outstanding figures such as Scholem, Strauss, and Kohn are discussed. Inspired by Steven...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782380027
• ISBN13: 9781782380023
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"