Russian Idea Jewish Presence: Essays on Russian-Jewish Intellectual Life |
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Author:
| Horowitz, Brian |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-99144-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $70.80 |
Book Description:
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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,...
More DescriptionIn 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."