The anti-journalist : Karl Kraus and Jewish self-fashioning in fin-de-siècle Europe /
Reitter's study of Kraus's writings situates them in the context of fin-de-siècle German-Jewish intellectual history. He argues that rather than stemming from anti-Semitism, Kraus' attacks constituted a constructive critique of mainstream German-Jewish strategies for assimilation.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Studies in German-Jewish Cultural Histor.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260265 |
Table of Contents:
- All that is solid melts into ink
- German Jews and the writing of modern life
- Karl Kraus and the Jewish self-hatred question
- Mirror-man
- Messianic journalism? Benjamin and Scholem read Die Fackel
- Conclusion: The afterlife of anti-journalism.