Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made by Picard, Jacques

Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691164236)

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Format: Hardcover
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Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made by Picard, Jacques

Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

$42.00
Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made by Picard, Jacques

Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

$42.00
Format: Hardcover
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A unique reference to leading Jewish figures who helped shape the modern world

This 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 Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler; and artists such as Mark Rothko. The book provides fresh insights into the lives and careers of novelists like Franz Kafka, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; social scientists such as Sigmund Freud; religious leaders and thinkers such as Avraham Kook and Martin Buber; and many others. Written by a diverse group of leading contemporary scholars from around the world, these vibrant and frequently surprising portraits offer a global perspective that highlights the multiplicity of Jewish experience and thought.

A reference book like no other, Makers of Jewish Modernity includes an informative general introduction that situates its subjects within the broader context of Jewish modernity as well as a rich selection of photos.

Author: Jacques Picard
ISBN-10: 0691164231
ISBN-13: 9780691164236
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2016
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.10w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2016
By Jacques Picard
By Jacques Picard
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Jacques Picard is professor of modern and Jewish history and cultures at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Jacques Revel is a cultural historian and former president of the ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes en Sciences Sociales in France. Michael P. Steinberg is vice provost for the arts, the Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History, and professor of music and German studies at Brown University. Idith Zertal is an Israeli historian and essayist who has taught at the University of Basel, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Zertal's books and essays have been published in many languages.

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