Main entry:

Beller, Steven, 1958-

Title & Author:

Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938 : a cultural history / Steven Beller.

Edition:

1st pbk ed.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, ©1989.

Description:

x, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
pt. 1. Jews in Viennese culture and society: the statistical perspective -- Who was a Jew in Vienna at the turn of the century? -- How Jewish was fin-de-siecle Vienna? -- The social context -- Education and class: the position of the Jews in Viennese society -- pt. 2. The Jewish background to Viennese culture -- Jewish consciousness: Jewish mind? -- The distance from tradition -- Education -- Ethics and the individual -- The Enlightenment -- German culture -- Vienna -- Antisemitism -- The ethics of outsiders: the cultural response -- Conclusion: Vienna and the Jews in perspective.

Summary:

This book studies the role played by Jews in the explosion of cultural innovation in Vienna at the turn of the century, which had its roots in the years following the Ausgleich of 1867 and its demise in the sweeping events of the 1930s. The author shows that, in terms of personnel, Jews were predominant throughout most of Viennese high culture, and so any attempts to dismiss the "Jewish aspect" of the intelligentsia are refuted. The book goes on to explain this "Jewish aspect," dismissing any unitary, static model and adopting a historical approach that sees the "Jewishness" of Viennese modern culture as a result of the specific Jewish backgrounds of most of the leading cultural figures and their reactions to being Jewish.

ISBN:

0521407273
9780521407274
0521351804
9780521351805

Subject:

Jews Austria Vienna History.
Jews Austria Vienna Intellectual life.
Juifs Autriche Vienne Histoire.
Juifs Autriche Vienne Vie intellectuelle.
Civilization.
Civilization Jewish influences.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Jews Intellectual life.
Kultur
Juden
Austria Civilization Jewish influences.
Vienna (Austria) Civilization.
Vienna (Austria) Ethnic relations.
Austria.
Austria Vienna.
Wien

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 83255
Call No.: ID DS135.A92 V52; ID:95-B3172
Status: Available