num_pages: 291
description: The ordeal, says Cuddihy, is the "unconsummated social courtship of Gentile and Jew," focused on the predicament of the Jew, caught between his rough, loving community (Yiddishkeit) and the Gentile "host culture/etiquette" that he wants to assimilate. Cuddihy calls it the trauma of culture shock for a decolonized people. National Book Award finalist (Philosophy), 1975.
language: English
title: The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity
titlecomplete: The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity
genres: History, Sociology, Politics, Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Nonfiction, Judaism, Jewish, Cultural
ratings_count: 47
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Philosophy and Religion
publisher: Beacon Pr