The Jews and the 20th Century: An Anthology
Publisher
:
Calmann-Lévy
Parution date
:
2000
EAN
:
9782702128893
Description
Whether discussing the Jews’ contribution to the birth of modern culture, their presence in this century’s art and science, their historical weight, or their martyrdom, the Jewish impact on our times has been so unquestionably massive and decisive that it would be impossible to reach a balanced assessment of the 20th century without a work such as this. In this encyclopedic anthology, 50 renowned scholars from around the world have gathered the information to respond to our questions on Judaism and all things Jewish. From the Russian pogroms of 1881 to the Bolshevik Revolution, Nazism, the creation of an Israeli state, psychoanalysis, twelve-tone music, Hollywood, Einstein, Proust, Kafka and much more, this monumental work leaves no stone uncovered.
Author
Saul Friedländer : Saul Friedländer is the chairman of Jewish Studies at UCLA. Saul Friedländer’s works include Probing the Limits of Representation: Nazism and the Final Solution (Harvard University Press, 1992), Memory, History and the Extermination of the Jews of Europe (Indiana University Press, 1993) and Nazi Germany and the Jews (HarperCollins, 1998).
|