Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938 : a cultural history / Steven Beller.

0521351804
9780521351805
9780521407274
0521407273

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

English

English.

x, 271 pages ; 24 cm

DS135.A92 V5213 1989

NY 4690
15.60
15.96
BD 9300
325.2569309436

This book studies the role played by Jews in the explosion of cultural innovation in Vienna at the turn of the century, which had its roots in the years following the Ausgleich of 1867 and its demise in the sweeping events of the 1930s. The author shows that, in terms of personnel, Jews were predominant throughout most of Viennese high culture, and so any attempts to dismiss the "Jewish aspect" of the intelligentsia are refuted. The book goes on to explain this "Jewish aspect," dismissing any unitary, static model and adopting a historical approach that sees the "Jewishness" of Viennese modern culture as a result of the specific Jewish backgrounds of most of the leading cultural figures and their reactions to being Jewish.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.

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