Stranger in a strange land : searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
Prochnik, George2017
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In 'Stranger in a Strange Land', Prochnik revisits the life and work of Gershom Scholem, whose once prominent reputation - as a Freud-like interpreter of the inner world of the Cosmos - has been in eclipse. He vividly conjures Scholem's upbringing in Berlin, and compellingly brings to life Scholem's transformative friendship with Walter Benjamin, the critic and philosopher. In doing so, he reveals how Scholem's frustration with the bourgeois ideology of Germany during the First World War led him to discover Judaism, Kabbalah, and finally Zionism, as potent counter-forces to Europe's suicidal nationalism.
Main title:
Stranger in a strange land : searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem / George Prochnik.
Author:
Prochnik, George, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2017.
Collation:
528 pages
ISBN:
9781783781782 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1108233
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