The imaginary Jew = Le juif imaginaire /

The Holocaust changed what it means to be a jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about the new meaning has been done by French writers of the left, but their work is a storm of contradictions. In the Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passag...

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Main Author: Finkielkraut, Alain.
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1994.
Series:Texts and contexts ; v. 9.
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Summary:The Holocaust changed what it means to be a jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about the new meaning has been done by French writers of the left, but their work is a storm of contradictions. In the Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm.
Physical Description:xviii, 201 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-191) and index.
ISBN:0803219873 (alk. paper)