Book contents
- The Jewish Imperial Imagination
- Ideas in Context
- The Jewish Imperial Imagination
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Under the Aegis of Empire
- Chapter 2 Saving Christianity from Itself
- Chapter 3 Vulnerable Existence
- Chapter 4 Forced Labor
- Chapter 5 Seeking Hope
- Chapter 6 Cold War Judaism
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Jewish and Colonial Questions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2023
- The Jewish Imperial Imagination
- Ideas in Context
- The Jewish Imperial Imagination
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Under the Aegis of Empire
- Chapter 2 Saving Christianity from Itself
- Chapter 3 Vulnerable Existence
- Chapter 4 Forced Labor
- Chapter 5 Seeking Hope
- Chapter 6 Cold War Judaism
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction to The Jewish Imperial Imagination provides an overview of Baeck’s life, and of the book’s ventral argument. It shows how the Jewish Question – the discussion about emancipation and the place of Jews in modern society – was intertwined with other questions throughout the nineteenth century, including the questions of colonialism and imperial expansion. Instead of focusing on the nation-state, it shows the need to look at the imperial context. This is valid for Baeck’s thought, and German-Jewish thought more broadly. Finally, the introduction offers a theoretical framework for such analysis by developing the concept of “Jewish imperial imagination” as a way of moving beyond a simple dichotomy of ascribing to or resisting hegemonic narratives.
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- The Jewish Imperial ImaginationLeo Baeck and German-Jewish Thought, pp. 1 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023