{"product_id":"cultural-translation-zohar-shavit-9783111337043","title":"Cultural Translation: The Haskalah Library and the Making of the Modern Jew","description":"\u003cp\u003eTowards the end of the eighteenth century, the \u003cem\u003emaskilim\u003c\/em\u003e, a group of young Jewish intellectuals who were starving for universal knowledge and for engagement with wider social circles, set out to reform Jewish society by expanding its cultural boundaries and building a bridge to the Enlightened world. Through dialogue with the non-Jewish society, and by introducing their fellow Jews to the texts and cultural goods of that society, mainly through translation, they sought to promote their social agenda and impart to their readers a new habitus, new social models of \u003cem\u003eB?rgerlichkeit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e, and a new awareness of civil equality and civil rights. This book explores this translational project and the ways by which it strove to affect a profound cultural change in the Jewish world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZohar Shavit, professor emerita at the School for Cultural Studies at Tel Aviv University, is an internationally renowned authority on the history of Israeli culture, child and youth culture, and Hebrew and Jewish cultures, especially in the context of their relations with various European cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zohar Shavit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111337049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111337043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Zohar Shavit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571295703295,"sku":"9783111337043","price":117.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19a13fe5-f366-4f14-bd45-2922dadf1c03.jpg?v=1738807812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-translation-zohar-shavit-9783111337043","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}