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On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred
By (author) Paul Reitter
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Today, the term ""Jewish self-hatred"" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such as when it is applied to politically moderate Jews who are critical of Israel. In On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred, Paul Reitter demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. He traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came, in 1930, to write a book that popularized ""Jewish self-hatred."" Reitter contends that, as Kuh and Lessing used it, the concept of Jewish self-hatred described a complex and possibly redemptive way of being Jewish. Paradoxically, Jews could show the world how to get past the blight of self-hatred only by embracing their own, singularly advanced self-critical tendencies--their ""Jewish self-hatred."" Provocative and elegantly argued, On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred challenges widely held notions about the history and meaning of this idea, and explains why its history is so badly misrepresented today.
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Publisher | Princeton University Press
Published date | 29 Apr 2012
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 216 x 140 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 363g
ISBN | 978-0-6911-1922-9
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BISAC | social science / jewish studies
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