| Russian Idea--Jewish Presence: Essays on Russian-Jewish Intellectual Life Contributor(s): Horowitz, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1936235617 ISBN-13: 9781936235612 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice - History | Europe - Scandinavia |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.35 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Cultural Region - Russia - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Russian Idea--Jewish Presence, Professor Brian Horowitz follows the career tracks of Jewish intellectuals who, having fallen in love with Russian culture, were unceremoniously repulsed. Horowitz relays the paradoxes of a synthetic Jewish and Russian self-consciousness in order to correct critics who have always considered Russians and Jews as polar opposites, enemies, and incompatible. In fact, the best Russian-Jewish intellectuals--Semyon Dubnov, Maxim Vinaver, Mikhail Gershenzon, and a number of Zionist writers and thinkers--were actually inspired by Russian culture and attempted to develop a sui generis Jewish creativity in three languages on Russian soil. |