
Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century
Thinking Jewish
Nick Lambert(Author)
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-85303-761-3 (ISBN)
Description
Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of interviews with more than ninety prominent Jewish intellectuals, politicians, writers and scientists from across Western Europe. Nick Lamberts penetrating interviews and analyses reveal their thoughts, fears and hopes for the future. Deep disquiet and insecurity, even among those who hold "establishment" positions, is uncovered. The author also explores why Jews have not been involved in constructing the European Union - and shows why they should have been. He concludes that Jews will continue to observe the shaping of the European project from an upstairs window - with most longing to be part of a Europe which has now vanished, or been extinguished, and which some of the interviewees admit to having attempted to sustain in their novel-writing. In this unique collection the interviewees reveal that they have often felt alien both to Jewish communal life and to the national societies in which they live, with their relations
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ilford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
554 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85303-761-3 (9780853037613)
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