Research Catalog

Title

Moses Hess and modern Jewish identity / Ken Koltun-Fromm.

Author

Koltun-Fromm, Ken.

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2001.

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Details

Description

x, 180 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Ken Koltun-Fromm's radical reinterpretation of the writings of Moses Hess, a fascinating nineteenth-century German Jewish intellectual figure who was at times religious and secular, traditional and modern, practical and theoretical, socialist and nationalist, shows Hess as a Jew struggling with the meaning of conflicting commitments and impulses. Modern readers will recognize how in Hess's life, as in their own, these commitments remain fragmented and torn. As contemporary Jews negotiate multiple, often contradictory allegiances in the modern world, Koltun-Fromm argues that Hess's struggle to unite conflicting traditions and frameworks of meaning offers intellectual and practical resources to re-examine the dilemmas of modern Jewish identity."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Jewish literature and culture

Uniform Title

Jewish literature and culture.

Subject

• Hess, Moses, 1812-1875
• Hess, Moses, 1812-1875
• Hess, Moses, (1812-1875) > Critique et interprétation
• Hess, Moses Philosoph
• Rom und Jerusalem (Hess, Moses)
• 1800-1899
• Jews > Germany > Identity
• Jews > Cultural assimilation > Germany
• Judaism > Germany > History > 19th century
• Jews > Cultural assimilation
• Jews > Identity
• Judaism
• Jews > Germany > Identity
• Jews > Cultural assimilation > Germany
• Judaism > Germany > History > 19th century
• Juifs > Allemagne
• Judaïsme > Allemagne > 19e siècle
• Germany

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) and index.

Contents

1. Moses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity -- 2. Conceptions of Self and Identity in Hess's Early Works and Rome and Jerusalem -- 3. Hess's "Return" to Judaism and Narrative Identity -- 4. Inescapable Frameworks: Emotions, Race, and the Rhetoric of Jewish Identity -- 5. Traditions and Scars: Hess's Critique of Reform and Orthodox Judaism -- 6. Innocence and Experience in Rome and Jerusalem.

ISBN

• 0253339340
• 9780253339348

LCCN

00054097

OCLC

• ocm45463482
• 45463482
• SCSB-14422542

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library