The Elusiveness of Tolerance : The “Jewish Question” From Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars
Erspamer, Peter R.
The Elusiveness of Tolerance : The “Jewish Question” From Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1997 - 1 electronic resource (208 p.)
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Peter Erspamer explores the 'Jewish question' in German literature from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" in 1779 to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" in 1815. He analyzes the transition from an enlightened emancipatory literature advocating tolerance in the late eighteenth century to an anti-Semitic literature with nationalistic overtones in the early nineteenth century. Erspamer examines "Nathan" in light of Lessing's attempts to distance himself from the excesses of his own Christian in-group through pariah identification, using an idealized member of an out-group religion as a vehicle to attack the dominant religion. He also focuses on other leading advocates of tolerance and explores changes in Jewish identity, particularly the division of German Jewry into orthodox Jews, adherents of the Haskalah, and converted Jews.
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English
9781469656489_Erspamer
10.5149/9781469656489_Erspamer doi
Literature: history & criticism
German Studies Literature Jewish Studies
The Elusiveness of Tolerance : The “Jewish Question” From Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1997 - 1 electronic resource (208 p.)
Open Access
Peter Erspamer explores the 'Jewish question' in German literature from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" in 1779 to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" in 1815. He analyzes the transition from an enlightened emancipatory literature advocating tolerance in the late eighteenth century to an anti-Semitic literature with nationalistic overtones in the early nineteenth century. Erspamer examines "Nathan" in light of Lessing's attempts to distance himself from the excesses of his own Christian in-group through pariah identification, using an idealized member of an out-group religion as a vehicle to attack the dominant religion. He also focuses on other leading advocates of tolerance and explores changes in Jewish identity, particularly the division of German Jewry into orthodox Jews, adherents of the Haskalah, and converted Jews.
Creative Commons
English
9781469656489_Erspamer
10.5149/9781469656489_Erspamer doi
Literature: history & criticism
German Studies Literature Jewish Studies