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THE ANTI-JOURNALIST
KARL KRAUS AND JEWISH SELF-FASHIONING IN FIN-DE-SIECLE EUROPE |
| By: |
Paul Reitter |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£37.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226709701 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226709703 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2008 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Karl Kraus created a bold new style of media criticism, penning incisive satires that provoked both admiration and outrage. This work overturns this view, showing how Kraus' most controversial criticisms form the center of a radical and productive model of German-Jewish self-fashioning. |
| Synopsis: |
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Karl Kraus created a bold new style of media criticism, penning incisive satires that provoked both admiration and outrage. Kraus' spectacularly hostile critiques often focused on his fellow Jewish journalists, which led to a reputation as the quintessential self-hating Jew. "The Anti-Journalist" overturns this view with unprecedented force and sophistication, showing precisely how Kraus' most controversial criticisms form the center of a radical and productive model of German-Jewish self-fashioning. Paul Reitter's study of Kraus' writings situates them in the context of fin-de-siecle German-Jewish intellectual society. He argues that rather than stemming from anti-Semitism, Kraus' attacks constituted a constructive critique of mainstream German-Jewish strategies for assimilation. Marshalling three of the most daring German-Jewish authors - Kafka, Scholem, and Benjamin - Reitter explains their admiration for Kraus' project and demonstrates his influence on their own notions of cultural authenticity."The Anti-Journalist" is at once a new interpretation of a fascinating figure and a heady exploration of an important stage in the history of German-Jewish thinking about identity. |
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US |
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University of Chicago Press |
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