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Four Jews on Parnassus : a conversation : Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, Schönberg /
Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schönberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a re...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Theodor W. Adorno was the prototypical German Jewish non-Jew, Walter Benjamin vacillated between German Jew and Jewish German, Gershom Scholem was a committed Zionist, and Arnold Schönberg converted to Protestantism for professional reasons but later returned to Judaism. Carl Djerassi, himself a refugee from Hitler's Austria, dramatizes a dialogue between these four men in which they discuss fraternity, religious identity, and legacy as well as reveal aspects of their lives-notably their relations with their wives-that many have ignored, underemphasized, or misrepresented. The desi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color), music |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780231518307 0231518307 1322529531 9781322529530 023114654X 9780231146548 |