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WISTRICH, ROBERT S. Laboratory For World Destruction: Germans And Jews In Central Europe.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London: 2007. Studies in Antisemitism Series h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Published by the University of Nebraska Press for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism.During the sixty years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on twentieth-century culture as a whole. How would the modern world look today without Einstein, Freud, or Marx? Without Mahler, Schoenberg, Wittgenstein, or Kafka? Without a whole galaxy of other outstanding Jewish scientists, poets, playwrights, composers, critics, historians, sociologists, psychoanalysts, jurists, and philosophers? How was it possible that this vibrant period in Central European cultural history collapsed into the horror and mass murder of the Nazi Holocaust? Was there some connection between the dazzling achievements of these Jews and the ferocity of the German backlash? Robert S. Wistrich's Laboratory for World Destruction is a bold and penetrating study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Wistrich shows that the seeds of the catastrophe were already sown in the Hapsburg Empire, which would become, in Karl Kraus's words, "an experimental station in the destruction of the world." Featured are incisive chapters on Freud, Herzl, Lueger, Kraus, Nordau, Nietzsche, and Hitler, along with a sweeping panorama of the golden age of Central European Jewry before the lights went out in Europe. Robert S. Wistrich holds the Neuberger Chair of Modern Jewish History and since 2002 has been director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book The Jews of Vienna in the Age of Franz Joseph won the Austrian State History Prize, and his book Hitler and the Holocaust has been translated into more than twenty languages. "Wistrich argues that during the period between Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, the contributions made by German and Austrian Jews significantly imprinted the cultures of Central Europe. Beyond that period, however, he claims, the demise of this cultural history occurred, in part, due to the 'social psychology of envy.' . . . It is a collection that will further the reader's understanding of the periods of social envy and racism."ÑJewish Book World "Well researched with footnotes and bibliography, this book is essential for Jewish, Holocaust, and academic libraries."ÑHallie Cantor, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter "An indispensible work that charts the course of events and ideas that ultimately led to the Holocaust." indispensable ÑJack Fischel, New Jersey Jewish News "Wistrich's expertise and clear prose provide reliable information alongside deft analysis, and give food for thought for novice and expert alike."ÑDaniel Mark Vyleta, European Historical Quarterly "Robert Wistrich has written a book which is not only profound in its analysis of modern Jewish identity in central Europe and outstanding in its feel for nuance, but is also a study marked by a wonderful clarity of thought and expression."ÑProfessor Gershon Shaked, Recipient of the Israel Prize in Modern Hebrew Literature "I consider Professor Robert Wistrich to be the world's leading authority on modern antisemitism. No one has explored more convincingly its impact on Jewish social and cultural history."ÑProfessor Shlomo Shoham, Law Faculty, Tel Aviv University
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