Hotel patriots or permanent strangers? Joseph Roth and the Jews of inter-war Central Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12529469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilse Josepha Lazaroms (Center for Jewish History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 814-827 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507486.2016.1203871 |
| OpenAlex | W2528531053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines the connection between cosmopolitanism and the Jews by taking a close look at the intricacies that made up the life world and thought of one of the most celebrated Jewish ‘cosmopolitans’ of the twentieth century, Galician-born journalist and author Joseph Roth (1894–1939). By approaching the question of non-belonging versus being at home everywhere – the two extremes of a cosmopolitan life – from a micro-historical, biographical perspective, this article investigates the darker side of Jewish existence in the decidedly ambiguous and increasingly threatening political climate of inter-war Europe. It traces the unravelling cosmopolitan dream of a single individual as he finds himself engulfed by the political and social narrowing of the European Jewish life worlds. In this process, the significance of a Jewish past or heritage is examined as one of the factors that fuels and complements, as well as contradicts, the cosmopolitan worldview
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cosmopolitanism · Dream · Extreme right · Judaism · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · World War II · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies · Psychology · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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