The Anti-Journalist
Subtitle: Karl Kraus and Jewish Self-Fashioning in Fin-de-Siecle Europe
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: February 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780226709703
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Religion; Religion - Judaism; German; Europe - Austria & Hungary; European - German; Judaism - General; Religion / Judaism / General; 19th century; Antisemitism in the press; Europe; German literature; History; History and criticism; Identity; Jewish authors; Jews
Description: Reitter's study of Kraus's writings situates them in the context of fin-de-siècle German-Jewish intellectual history. He argues that rather than stemming from anti-Semitism, Kraus' attacks constituted a constructive critique of mainstream German-Jewish strategies for assimilation.