{"product_id":"the-imaginary-jew-alain-finkielkraut-9780803268951","title":"The Imaginary Jew","description":"The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary Jew\u003c\/i\u003e, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm. \u003cp\u003eFinkielkraut decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, reopens questions about Marx and Judaism, and marks the loss of European Jewish culture through catastrophe, ignorance, and cliché. He notes that those who identified with Israel continued the erasure of European Judaism, forgetting the pangs and glories of Yiddish culture and the legacy of the Diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Finkielkraut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803268955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803268951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 7.11w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/1997","brand":"Alain Finkielkraut","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947204739327,"sku":"9780803268951","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c9132f1f-8664-4d74-b2a0-1c6b81f1dd8f.jpg?v=1681517344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-imaginary-jew-alain-finkielkraut-9780803268951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}