| Jewish Encounters with Buddhism in German Culture: Between Moses and Buddha, 1890-1940 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Musch, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030274683 ISBN-13: 9783030274689 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 200 |
| Series: Palgrave Asian German Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.12 lbs) 289 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: In Germany at the turn of the century, Buddhism transformed from an obscure topic, of interest to only a few misfit scholars, into a cultural phenomenon. Many of the foremost authors of the period were profoundly influenced by this rapid rise of Buddhism--among them, some of the best-known names in the German-Jewish canon. Sebastian Musch excavates this neglected dimension of German-Jewish identity, drawing on philosophical treatises, novels, essays, diaries, and letters to trace the history of Jewish-Buddhist encounters up to the start of the Second World War. Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Leo Baeck, Theodor Lessing, Jakob Wassermann, Walter Hasenclever, and Lion Feuchtwanger are featured alongside other, lesser known figures like Paul Cohen-Portheim and Walter Tausk. As Musch shows, when these thinkers wrote about Buddhism, they were also negotiating their own Jewishness. |