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On the origins of Jewish self-hatred
- Title
- On the origins of Jewish self-hatred / Paul Reitter.
- Author
- Reitter, Paul.
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
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- Description
- 166 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Today, the term 'Jewish self-hatred' often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. In On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred, Paul Reitter demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. He traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came, in 1930, to write a book that popularized 'Jewish self-hatred.' Reitter contends that, as Kuh and Lessing used it, the concept of Jewish self-hatred described a complex and possibly redemptive way of being Jewish. Paradoxically, Jews could show the world how to get past the blight of self-hatred only by embracing their own, singularly advanced self-critical tendencies--their 'Jewish self-hatred.'"--Publisher's Web site.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index.
- Contents
- Genealogical imperatives -- The birth of "Jewish self-hatred" and the spirit of interwar Europe -- Prominence : the making of Theodor Lessings book Jewish self-hatred.
- ISBN
- 9780691119229
- 0691119228
- LCCN
- 2012931223
- 99948517284
- OCLC
- ocn761851034
- 761851034
- SCSB-14422733
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library