The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture
This book explores in a comparative approach the astounding medial variety and intermedial interleaving of cultural engagements with the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in nineteenth-century Germany. Its main argument is that the pervasive discursive prese...
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| description | This book explores in a comparative approach the astounding medial variety and intermedial interleaving of cultural engagements with the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in nineteenth-century Germany. Its main argument is that the pervasive discursive presence of the historical occurrence constitutes a significant but so far largely neglected arena for the negotiation of shifting German and Jewish imaginaries in which both German and Jewish creative minds engaged. Interpreted as pivotal not only for the progression of the history of salvation but also of universal history and responding to such decisive socio-cultural and political developments as the Kulturkampf and the rise of nationalism and antisemitism, the profusion of cultural engagements with the subject reveals its frequently contradictory polyvalence in the tense atmosphere of national unification, the negotiation of religious and national identities, and the positioning of the Jewish other; but also as a vehicle of Jewish self-definition and self-assertion in a period of proliferating antisemitism. The book addresses a broad readership of scholars of the culture of the nineteenth century, of intermediality, and of antisemitism. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1740502026-03-19T14:42:40Z The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture Stähler, Axel Antisemitism 19th century Jerusalem Identity 19. Jahrhundert Antisemitismus Identität thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history This book explores in a comparative approach the astounding medial variety and intermedial interleaving of cultural engagements with the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in nineteenth-century Germany. Its main argument is that the pervasive discursive presence of the historical occurrence constitutes a significant but so far largely neglected arena for the negotiation of shifting German and Jewish imaginaries in which both German and Jewish creative minds engaged. Interpreted as pivotal not only for the progression of the history of salvation but also of universal history and responding to such decisive socio-cultural and political developments as the Kulturkampf and the rise of nationalism and antisemitism, the profusion of cultural engagements with the subject reveals its frequently contradictory polyvalence in the tense atmosphere of national unification, the negotiation of religious and national identities, and the positioning of the Jewish other; but also as a vehicle of Jewish self-definition and self-assertion in a period of proliferating antisemitism. The book addresses a broad readership of scholars of the culture of the nineteenth century, of intermediality, and of antisemitism. 2026-03-19T14:42:39Z 2026-03-19T14:42:39Z 2026-03-17T08:40:22Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111750 9783111662954 9783111540085 9783111664187 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174050 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111750/1/9783111662954.pdf De Gruyter De Gruyter Oldenbourg af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 9783111662954 9783111540085 9783111664187 De Gruyter Oldenbourg 822 Basel/Berlin/Boston open access |
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