Essays on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and the Left

Auteur

JEAN AMÉRY was born in Vienna in 1912 as Hans Maier. As a young man, he trained as a bookseller and attended lectures on philosophy and literature. In the mid 1930s he edited a literary journal and wrote his first novel. When the Nazis came to power in Austria in 1938, he fled to Belgium and joined the resistance there. He was caught distributing leaflets and was tortured and sent to Auschwitz. He survived Auschwitz and after the war made his home in Brussels, changing his name to Jean Améry. His most famous works available in English include At the Mind's Limits, On Aging, and On Suicide.

Lars Fischer is a professional translator.

Texte du rabat

-This is a collection of essays by world-famous author, Jean Améry, translated into English for the first time.

-Although written prior to his death in 1978, their insights are as comptemporary and fresh as ever given the current political climate.

-Améry's works have been a mainstay of IUP's Holocaust list of decades./

Contenu

Foreword
Introduction
Essays

1. On the Impossible Obligation to Be a Jew
2. Between Vietnam and Israel
3. Virtuous Antisemitism
4. The New Left's Approach to "Zionism"
5. Jews, Leftists, Leftist Jews
6. The New Antisemitism
7. Shylock, Kitsch, and Its Hazards
8. Virtuous Antisemitism
9. The Limits of Solidarity
10. My Jewishness
    Epilogue
    Note on Sources
    Biographical Timeline
    Contributor Biographies
    Index