Legitimizing Modernity in Islam Muslim Modus Vivendi and Western Modernity |
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| Author:
| Kassim, Husain |
| Series title: | Studies in Religion and Society |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7734-6235-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Edwin Mellen Press, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the Israeli attitude towards Wagner in light of remembrance of the Holocaust and the shape of the new Israeli national identity. to many in Israel, Richard Wagner is a symbol of the concentration camps, or at least of a fierce sociopolitical controversy. Although the cancellation of a performance of the prelude to Wagner's Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1938 was simply an impetuous response to the events of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany, over the years this incident...
More DescriptionThis book examines the Israeli attitude towards Wagner in light of remembrance of the Holocaust and the shape of the new Israeli national identity. to many in Israel, Richard Wagner is a symbol of the concentration camps, or at least of a fierce sociopolitical controversy. Although the cancellation of a performance of the prelude to Wagner's Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1938 was simply an impetuous response to the events of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany, over the years this incident became part of a wider pattern as the Wagner boycott was extended to other composers suspected of collaborating with the Nazis.