The Jews of Europe in the Modern Era : : A Socio-Historical Outline / / Victor Karady.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Karady, Victor,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (494 p.)

Discusses the socio-historical problem areas related to the presence of Jews in major European societies from the 18th century to our days; differently from most other studies, covers the post-Shoah situation also. The approach is multi-disciplinary, mobilizing resources gained from sociology, demography and political science, based on substantial statistical information. Presents and compares the different patterns of Jewish policies of the emerging nation states and established empires. Discusses education and socio-professional stratification of Jews. Deals with the challenges of emancipation and assimilation, the emergence of Jewish nationalism in various forms, Zionism above all, as well as antisemitic ideologies. The book ends with a scrutiny of post-Shoah situation opposing in this regard Western Europe to the Sovietised East, discussing finally strategies of dissimulation or reconstruction of Jewish identity.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Demography and Social (Re)Stratification -- Chapter 2 The Challenge of Emancipation. Jewish Policies of the New Nation-States and Empires (18th-19th centuries) -- Chapter 3 Identity Construction and Strategies since the Haskalah. Assimilation, Its Crises and the Birth of Jewish Nationalisms -- Chapter 4 The Road to the Shoah. From Christian Anti-Judaism to Radical Anti-Semitism -- Chapter 5 Epilogue: after 1945 -- Selected Bibliography for Further Reading -- Biographical Index