175 Pages
by
Routledge
175 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is an augmented edition of a superb volume by one of the foremost analysts of European institutions and ideas. Here the late Erich Kahler turns his attention to the special character of the Jewish people, formed uniquely through the interaction of internal and external circumstances in which past and present merge.The chapters in this book deal with persistent problems of Jewish identity.... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition Forms and Features of Anti-Judaism 1. What are the Jews? 2. The Jews in Europe 3. The Jews and the Germnas Appendix The Jews and the Arabs in Palestine A Disputation with Philip K. Hitti Albert Einstein and Erich Kahler
Biography
Erich Kahler was internationally known for his distinguished contributions to the philosophy of history and sociology of knowledge. He authored Man the Measure: A New Approach to History; The Tower and the Abyss: An Inquiry into the Transformation of Man; and The Meaning of History. During his lifetime, Kahler held teaching posts at Cornell University, Princeton University, and Ohio State University. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, and a fellow of the Leo Baeck Institute - where he lectured and where this volume first took shape.
