The Jews of Vienna in the Age of Franz Joseph
Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization;
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Product details:
- Publisher The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
- Date of Publication 1 June 1989
- ISBN 9780197100707
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages719 pages
- Size 216x138x16 mm
- Weight 975 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 Figures; 1 Maps; 8 Plates, unspecified 0
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Short description:
An evaluation of the "golden age" of Viennese Jewry which coincided with the reign of the Emperor Franz Joseph, 1848-1916, examining the religious and political structure and orientation of the official Jewish community, and ideological and cultural conflicts and achievements.
MoreLong description:
This highly acclaimed study depicts and evaluates in an original and imaginative fashion the ?Golden Age' of Viennese Jewry during the long reign of Emperor Franz Joseph II. Based on exhaustive and meticulous research, Professor Wistrich's reconstruction of the place of the Jews in the Austro-Hungarian Empire provides a multitude of new insights not only into the factors that accompanied its rise, but also into the ideological conflicts that have marked the twentieth century.
This book depicts and evaluates the "golden age" of Viennese Jewry which coincided with the long reign of the Emperor Franz Joseph between 1848 and 1916. Based on research into the demographic socio-economic, cultural and political factors that favoured the ascent of Viennese Jewry and also the anti-Semitic movements which accompanied its rise, the author reconstructs the place of the Jews in the Empire and provides new insights into the ideological conflicts that have marked the 20th century. The author describes the liberal-Jewish symbiosis, the impact of the nationality struggles in the Empire and its repercussions on Jewish group identity. He examines the genesis of Zionism, Autonomism, Austro-Marxism, and psychoanalysis as "Jewish" strategies and responses to the dilemmas of modernization. The book explains the religious and political structure and orientation of the official Jewish community and analyzes the problems of identity that affected the Jewish intelligentsia and helped make Vienna the scene of one of the most seminal intellectual revolutions in history.
?Fascinating . . . both encyclopedic and brilliantly researched and beyond question will remain, far longer than several other recent productions concerning turn-of-the-century Viennese Jewry, both interesting to general readers and useful to scholars . . . an important book.'
- William McCagg, American Historical Review
Table of Contents:
Preface
List of illustrations
Part I The Community
1From the Ghetto to Revolution
2Migration to the Kaiserstadt
3Philanthropy, Politics, and the Ostjuden
4Three Viennese Preachers
5Liberalism, Deutschtum, and Assimilation
6Parvenus, Patriots, and Protected Jews
Part II Self-Defence against Antiseimitism
7The New Austrian Antisemitism
8Adolf Jellinek and the Liberal Response
9Joseph Bloch: Rabbi, Parliamentarian, and Publicist
10The Austrian Israelite Union
Part III The Rise of Zionism
11Kadimah and Jewish Student Nationalism
12The Metamorphoses of Nathan Birnbaum
13Theodor Herzl: The Making of a Political Messiah
14Zionism and its Jewish Critics
Part IV Culture and Identity
15Prophets of Doom: Karl Kraus and Otto Weininger
16The Jewish Identity of Sigmund Freud
17Arthur Schnitzler's Road to the Open
18Imperial Sawn-Song: From Stefan Zweig to Joseph Roth
Selected Bibliography
Glossary of terms not explained in the text
Index
