{"product_id":"haskalah-the-romantic-movement-in-judaismvolume-3-9780813554358","title":"Haskalah: The Romantic Movement in Judaismvolume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommonly translated as the \"Jewish Enlightenment,\" the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe's age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded a Jewish religious revival, better understood against the background of Eastern European Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on imaginative and historically grounded readings of primary sources, Litvak presents a compelling case for rethinking the relationship between the Haskalah and the experience of political and social emancipation. Most importantly, she challenges the prevailing view that the Haskalah provided the philosophical mainspring for Jewish liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Litvak's ambitious interpretation, nineteenth-century Eastern European intellectuals emerge as the authors of a Jewish Romantic revolution. Fueled by contradictory longings both for community and for personal freedom, the poets and scholars associated with the Haskalah questioned the moral costs of civic equality and the achievement of middle-class status. In the nineteenth century, their conservative approach to culture as the cure for the spiritual ills of the modern individual provided a powerful argument for the development of Jewish nationalism. Today, their ideas are equally resonant in contemporary debates about the ramifications of secularization for the future of Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olga Litvak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813554358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOLGA LITVAK is the Leffell Chair in Modern Jewish History at Clark University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eConscription and the Search for Modern Russian Jewry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180654276723,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4f60cd07-911a-4107-9bd2-3f2d53b8bbc0.jpg?v=1655471403","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/haskalah-the-romantic-movement-in-judaismvolume-3-9780813554358","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}