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Russian Idea--Jewish Presence : Essays on Russian-Jewish Intellectual Life by Brian Horowitz (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-101618118196
ISBN-139781618118196
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038564285
Product Key Features
Number of Pages270 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRussian Idea--Jewish Presence : Essays on Russian-Jewish Intellectual Life
Publication Year2018
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / General, Jewish
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorBrian Horowitz
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsThis fascinating and wide-ranging collection of essays provides a remarkable insight into the preoccupations of Jews in the Tsarist Empire at the turn of the nineteenth century and of the broader intellectual climate of the time. It is essential reading for all those interested in how Jews reacted to the worsening political climate in Russia in the decades before the Bolshevik revolution., The narratives found in the book celebrate Jewish culture but in doing so also question issues of social and political assimilation and ultimately of the role of Russian Jews in a changing society and world. Russian Idea--Jewish Presence is effective for graduate level as well as for undergraduate students. In that alternate perspectives are a focus of all scholars, the insightful discussions offered by this book are ones that scholars of various fields should include in their own personal libraries. It is precisely the diverse range of narratives that help explain philosophical differences in a way that is accessible to those not familiar with this era of history, nor with the various philosophical discourses of those times., Immersed in the traditions of the Russian Intelligentsia, Horowitz's writings span across the fields of philosophy, literature, and history. In clear and penetrating prose, Professor Horowitz demonstrates once again the importance of liberal ideas among Russian Jewish intellectuals in the revolutionary era., If there is still a need for an antidote to the Fiddler on the Roof image of Russian Jewry, then this is it. Horowitz opens up the vibrant world of thought and literary creativity among Russian Jews of the pre-Soviet period to the contemporary reader. These fascinating figures were sophisticated thinkers and writers who grappled creatively with many of the issues that occupy many today--but in ways that are often unexpected. This Russian Jewish intellectual milieu is a relatively unexplored territory for many, but Horowitz is a knowledgeable and reliable guide and leads the readers to a very stimulating and thought-provoking intellectual experience.
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SynopsisIn Russian Idea--Jewish Presence, Professor Brian Horowitz follows the career tracks of Jewish intellectuals who, having fallen in love with Russian culture, were unceremoniously repulsed. Horowitz relays the paradoxes of a synthetic Jewish and Russian self-consciousness in order to correct critics who have always considered Russians and Jews as polar opposites, enemies, and incompatible. In fact, the best Russian-Jewish intellectuals--Semyon Dubnov, Maxim Vinaver, Mikhail Gershenzon, and a number of Zionist writers and thinkers--were actually inspired by Russian culture and attempted to develop a sui generis Jewish creativity in three languages on Russian soil., In Russian Idea-Jewish Presence, Professor Brian Horowitz follows the career tracks of Jewish intellectuals who, having fallen in love with Russian culture, were unceremoniously repulsed. Horowitz relays the paradoxes of a synthetic Jewish and Russian self-consciousness in order to correct critics who have always considered Russians and Jews as polar opposites, enemies, and incompatible. In fact, the best Russian-Jewish intellectuals-Semyon Dubnov, Maxim Vinaver, Mikhail Gershenzon, and a number of Zionist writers and thinkers-were actually inspired by Russian culture and attempted to develop a sui generis Jewish creativity in three languages on Russian soil.
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