Sznaider Jewish Memory And the Cosmopolitan Order

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-3757-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

Natan Sznaider offers a highly original account of Jewish memoryand politics before and after the Holocaust. It seeks to recover anaspect of Jewish identity that has been almost completely losttoday - namely, that throughout much of their history Jews wereboth a nation and cosmopolitan, they lived in a constant tensionbetween particularism and universalism. And it is precisely thistension, which Sznaider seeks to capture in his innovativeconception of 'rooted cosmopolitanism', that is increasinglythe destiny of all peoples today.
The book pays special attention to Jewish intellectuals whoplayed an important role in advancing universal ideas out of theirparticular identities. The central figure in this respect is HannahArendt and her concern to build a better world out of the ashes ofthe Jewish catastrophe. The book demonstrates how particular Jewishaffairs are connected to current concerns about cosmopolitanpolitics like human rights, genocide, international law andpolitics. Jewish identity and universalist human rights were borntogether, developed together and are still fundamentallyconnected.
This book will appeal both to readers interested in Jewishhistory and memory and to anyone concerned with current debatesabout citizenship and cosmopolitanism in the modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sznaider, Natan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Paris, Geneva, and Port Bou: The Last Europeans
Chapter 3: Frankfurt, Jerusalem, Offenbach, and New York: Jews and Europe
Chapter 4: The View from Eastern Europe: From Warsaw to New York
Chapter 5: Zurich, Vilna, and Nuremberg: Generalized Guilt
Chapter 6: From Nuremberg to New York via Jerusalem
Chapter 7: Between Drohobych and New York: An End and a New Beginning
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Über Autor(innen)

NATAN SZNAIDER is Professor of Sociology at the Academic College in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.