Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew

by Jeffrey S Librett, Jeffrey S. Librett, Jeffrey S Librett

Book Overview

Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew proposes a new way of understanding modern Orientalism. Tracing a path of modern Orientalist thought in German across crucial writings from the late eighteenth to the mid twentieth centuries, Librett argues that Orientalism and anti-Judaism are inextricably entangled.

Librett suggests, further, that the Western assertion of "material " power, in terms of which Orientalism is often read, is overdetermined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082326291X
• ISBN13: 9780823262915
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"