Constructing Modern Identities : Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815-1914

• Tác giả: Keith Pickus
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0814343517
• ISBN-10: book.67398
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 378.19829924043 Organization and activities in higher education
• Thông tin xuất bản: Wayne State University Press, 2017
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 269953
• Chủ đề: 1. Social groups: religious groups & communities; 2. Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

Tóm tắt

The emergence of Jewish student associations in 1881 provided a forum for Jews to openly proclaim their religious heritage. By examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Keith Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and redefined what it meant to be Jewish. Not only did the identities crafted by these students enable them to actively participate in German society, they also left an indelible imprint on contemporary Jewish culture. Pickus's portrayal of the mutability and social function of Jewish self-definition challenges previous scholarship that depicts Jewish identity as a static ideological phenomenon. By illuminating how identities fluctuated throughout life, he demonstrates that adjusting one's social relationships to accommodate the Gentile and Jewish worlds became the norm rather than the exception for 19th-century German Jews.