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Der Veranderbare Korper

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English summary: Daniel Wildmann looks at modern German Jewish history in a new light. He explores alternative strategies pursued by Jews in the search for self-affirmation, which did not rely wholly on assimilationist or Zionist ways of life. He demonstrates how these efforts laid bare fault-lines in Jewish integration in Germany. Through a detailed analysis of the history, ideas and practise of Jewish gymnastic associations he shows that explosive tensions arose around the question of Jewish identity in the German Kaiserreich when prescribed pathways were abandoned. The book breaks new ground by integrating recent historical approaches, such as the history of the body, of masculinity and visual history, into German-Jewish History.


German description: Daniel Wildmann offnet einen innovativen Blick auf deutsch-judische Geschichte der Moderne. Er zeigt, wie Alternativen judischer Selbstvergewisserung um die Jahrhundertwende gedacht wurden - Alternativen sowohl zu assimilatorischen wie auch zu zionistischen Lebensentwurfen - und wie diese Alternativen gleichzeitig Bruchlinien judischer Integration in Deutschland offen legten. Durch eine prazise Analyse der Geschichte und Programmatik judischer Turnvereine wird klar, in welchem explosiven Spannungsfeld sich judische Identitat im Deutschen Kaiserreich wiederfand, wenn sie vorgegebene Pfade verliess. Diese Studie betritt Neuland, denn sie integriert neue Ansatze in der Geschichtswissenschaft, wie Korpergeschichte, Geschichte der Mannlichkeit und Visual History, in die deutsch-judische Geschichte.

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ISBN: 9783161500947
Publication date: 29th September 2009
Author: Volker Leppin
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 329 pages
Series: Schriftenreihe Wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen Des Leo Baeck Instituts
Genres: Social groups: religious groups and communities
Social and cultural history