{"product_id":"makers-of-jewish-modernity-9780691164236","title":"Makers of Jewish Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxembu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award in Anthologies and Collections, Jewish Book Council \"The editors of [Makers of Jewish Modernity] exceed their stated goal of showing how various Jewish public figures 'transformed the 20th century,' through 43 profiles of subjects both expected ... and surprising... The entries, which assume no prior knowledge, convey a great deal of information and cogent analysis in a short space.\"--Publishers Weekly \"A worthwhile collection for scholars and readers interested in Jewish affairs.\"--Kirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: Thinking Jewish Modernity, 1  Jacques Picard, Jacques Revel, Michael P. Steinberg, Idith Zertal  2. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): Judaism Essential and Mysterious, 16  Lydia Flem  3. Emile Durkheim (1858-1917): Modern Society and the Jews, 30  Bruno Karsenti  4. Theodor Herzl (1860-1904): Sovereignty and the Two Palestines, 46  Raef Zreik  5. Simon Dubnow (1860-1941): Reluctant Secularism, 61  Dan Diner  6. Bernard Lazare (1865-1903): Radical Modernism and Jewish Identity, 75  Nathaniel Berman  7. Avraham Yitzhak Ha-Cohen Kook (1865-1935): Revelation and Redemption, 92  Yehudah Mirsky  8. Aby Warburg (1866-1929): \"Thinking Jewish\" in Modernity, 108  Griselda Pollock  9. Walther Rathenau (1867-1922): Bildung, Prescription, Prophecy, 126  Leon Botstein  10. Else Lasker-Schuler (1869-1945): Poetic Redemption, 144  Vivian Liska  11. Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919): Universalism and Particularism, 159  Kevin B. Anderson and Peter Hudis  12. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Sonic Allegories, 173  Ruth HaCohen  13. Martin Buber (1878-1965): The Theopolitical Hour, 187  Christoph Schmidt  14. Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Solidarity and Ambivalence, 204  Robert Schulmann  15. Horace Kallen (1882-1974): Pragmatic Modernism, 220  Jacques Picard 16. Franz Kafka (1883-1924): Writing in Motion, 233  Galili Shahar  17. David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973): The Politicization of the Jews, 249  Yar on Ezrahi  18. Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929): On the Idea of Diaspora, 265  Peter E. Gordon  19. Rene Cassin (1887-1976): Human Rights and Jewish Internationalism, 278  Samuel Moyn  20. Shmuel Yoseph Agnon (1888-1970): Baptism by Fire, 292  Ariel Hirschfeld  21. Walter Benjamin (1892-1940): Anti-apocalyptic World Politics, 306  Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky  22. Peretz Markish (1895-1952): Modern Marxist and Yiddishist, 320  David Shneer and Robert Adler Peckerar  23. Gershom Scholem (1897-1982): Mystical Modernism, 335  David Biale  24. Leo Strauss (1899-1973): Protestant Judaism and Its Islamic Remedy, 350  Leora F. Batnitzky  25. Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903-1994): A Believer's Voyage, 364  Avi Sagi  26. Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969): Auschwitz and Commodity Fetishism, 379  Moshe Zuckermann  27. Mark Rothko (1903-1970): Beyond Absence, 393  Ulrike Gehring  28. Elias Canetti (1905-1994): A Difficult Contemporary, 407  Galin Tihanov  29. Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995): Tradition and Its Other, 423  Raphael Zagury-Orly  30. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): Being in the Present, 436  Martine Leibovici  31. Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-1987): Judaism Past and Present, 450  Silvia Berti  32. Simone Weil (1909-1943): A Jewish Thinker?, 466  Maud S. Mandel  33. Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997):  Unpretentious Passion, 480  Yuli Tamir  34. Nathan Alterman (1910-1970): Poetry National and Political, 493  Hannan Hever  35. Saul Bellow (1915-2005): Athens and Jerusalem, 507  Steven Jaron  36. Primo Levi (1919-1987): Memory and Enlightenment, 520 Enzo Traverso 37. Paul Celan (1920-1970): The Word Proscribed, 535  Arnau Pons  38. Clarice Lispector (1920-1977): A Woman of Spirit, 550  Nelson H. Vieira  39. Juan Gelman (1930-2014): The Bereaved Bird, 564  Pablo Kirtchuk  40. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004): Judeities, 583  Joseph Cohen  41. Philip Roth (1933-): Writing the American Jewish Century, 597  Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi  42. Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005): Poetry, Power, Powerlessness, 613  Chana Kronfeld and Chana Bloch  43. Joel and Ethan Coen (1954-\/ 1957-): Finding Rabbi Marshak, 629  Daniel Herwitz  44. Judith Butler (1956-): Between Ethics and Politics, 642  Bonnie Honig and John Wolfe Ackerman  Acknowledgments 655  List of Contributors (Editors and Authors) 657  Illustration Credits 661  Index 663","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403811987799,"sku":"9780691164236","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/makers-of-jewish-modernity-9780691164236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}