| Hero, Conspiracy, and Death: The Jewish Lectures: Translated by Alex Shannon Contributor(s): Walas, Teresa (Other), Janion, Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631623577 ISBN-13: 9783631623572 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $73.31 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - Foreign Language Study | Polish |
| Dewey: 943.8 |
| LCCN: 2014010537 |
| Series: Cross-Roads |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.99 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With Hero, Conspiracy and Death: The Jewish Lectures, the author has written a book of sweeping significance for readers interested in Polish history, Jewish history, and the Holocaust in which she asks troubling questions: Can a Jew be both a Jew and a Pole? Are we right to talk of worthy and unworthy death in the Holocaust? What are the implications of Adam Mickiewicz's philo-Semitism? In Zygmunt Krasiński's anti-Semitism, do we see the specter of elimination ? Are humanist and enlightenment values useful in analyzing the Holocaust, or did the experience of Nazi genocide render them obsolete? Tracing the history of anti-Jewish stereotypes in early nineteenth-century Poland (and beyond), the author offers answers to these questions that are bold, clear and compassionate. |