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Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jacques Derrida, and Judith Butler; and artists such as Mark Rothko. The book provides fresh insights into the lives and careers of novelists like Franz Kafka, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; social scientists such as Sigmund Freud; religious leaders and thinkers such as Avraham Kook and Martin Buber; and many others. Written by a diverse group of leading contemporary scholars from around the world, these vibrant and frequently surprising portraits offer a global perspective that highlights the multiplicity of Jewish experience and thought.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Makers of Jewish Modernity
• Author: Jacques Picard, Jacques Revel, Michael P. Steinberg, Idith Zertal
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 688
• EAN: 9780691164236
• ISBN: 0691164231
• ID: 02926022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 1426 g
• Dimensions: 264 × 188 × 50 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. August 2016

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