Russian Idea--Jewish Presence Essays on Russian-Jewish Intellectual Life |
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| Author:
| Horowitz, Brian |
| ISBN: | 978-1-936235-61-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.