German as a Jewish problem : the language politics of Jewish nationalism /

The German language holds an ambivalent and controversial place in the modern history of European Jews, representing different--often conflicting--historical currents. It was the language of the German classics, of German Jewish writers and scientists, of Central European Jewish culture, and of Herz...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Volovici, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Jews > Germany > Languages.
Jews > Germany > Identity.
Jewish scholars > Germany > History.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > Germany.
German language > History.
Juifs > Allemagne > Langues.
Juifs > Allemagne > Identité.
Savants juifs > Allemagne > Histoire.
Juifs > Acculturation > Allemagne.
Allemand (Langue) > Histoire.
HISTORY > Jewish.
German language.
Jewish scholars.
Jews > Cultural assimilation.
Jews > Identity.
Jews > Languages.
Germany.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Jews and German Since the Enlightenment
  • Chapter 2. Leon Pinsker and the Emergence of German as a Language of Jewish Nationalism
  • Chapter 3. The Language of Knowledge
  • Chapter 4. Palestine and the Monolingual Imperative
  • Chapter 5. Martin Buber's Language Problem
  • Chapter 6. The Germanic Question
  • Chapter 7. The Language of Goethe and Hitler
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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