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T. G. Masaryk and the Jewish Question - Couverture souple

Pojar, Milos

 
9788024638799: T. G. Masaryk and the Jewish Question
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8024638797 ISBN 13 : 9788024638799
Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2019

Synopsis

In this book, Milos Pojar traces the development and transformation of the opinions about Jews and Judaism of the first Czechoslovak president, T. G. Masaryk. Pojar describes the key events and ideas that shaped Masaryk's attitudes: his first contacts with the Jewish world as a child, and later as a student; his work as a philosopher and sociologist, through which his thinking on Marxism, social issues, Christianity, and Judaism evolved; and his later, pivotal, experience at the time of the anti-Semitic libel trials against Leopold Hilsner, known as the Hilsner Affair. Pojar also details the period when Masaryk, as president, formulated his position on matters such as the Czech-Jewish movement, the question of assimilation, and Zionism. Featuring an entire chapter on Masaryk's celebrated 1927 trip to Palestine as well as a series of brief profiles of outstanding Jewish figures that explore both Masaryk's attitudes to their ideas and their opinions of Masaryk, this book is a compelling personal portrait and a substantial contribution to our understanding of the history of Jews in the Czech lands.

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À propos des auteurs

Milos Pojar (1940-2012) was a Czech orientalist, historian, writer, publisher, and diplomat. After the fall of the Communist regime he joined the diplomatic service, helping reestablish diplomatic ties with Israel, and becoming ambassador to Tel Aviv. He then held leading posts in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and was subsequently director of the Educational and Cultural Center of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Gerald Turner is a translator of Czech and was personal translator to Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic.

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Éditeur
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8024638797
ISBN 13 
9788024638799
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
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Personne responsable
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