German Question/Jewish Question: Revolutionary Antisemitism in Germany from Kant to Wagner (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Rose, Paul Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691008906 ISBN 13: 9780691008905

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In this compelling narrative of antisemitism in German thought, Paul Rose proposes a fresh view of the topic. Beginning with an examination of the attitudes of Martin Luther, he challenges distinctions between theologically derived (medieval) and secular, "racial" (modern) antisemitism, arguing that there is an unbroken chain of antisemitic feeling between the two periods.

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Review

"Rose persuasively demonstrates that for almost all [German revolutionary thinkers of the right and left], the German Question was ensnarled in the Jewish Question, and that a deep kinship between left and right was expressed in the loaded opposition between Deutschtum and Judentum."--Robert Alter, The New Republic

"The suggestion of the title of Paul Rose's imposing book that Kant, the patron saint of liberal humanitarianism, was in fact the initiator of an important, and perhaps the crucial, strand in German antisemitism may come as something of a shock. But for this and for a number of other, more comprehensive, propositions, Paul Lawrence Rose has assembled a powerful, if rather single-minded case."--Anthony Quinton, The New York Review of Books

"An intensely interesting, learned, and combative book."--Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Times Literary Supplement

Synopsis

Proposing a fresh perspective on the study of antisemitism in German thought, this monograph challenges distinctions between theologically-derived, medieval antisemitism and its modern secular equivalent, arguing that the Jewish question has been prevalent in Germany throughout the ages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691008906
• ISBN 13: 9780691008905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416