Stranger in a Strange Land by George Prochnik

Stranger in a Strange Land by George Prochnik

Prochnik revisits the life and work of Gershom Scholem, whose once prominent reputation, as a Freud-like interpreter of the inner world of the Cosmos, has been in eclipse in the United States. He vividly conjures Scholem's upbringing in Berlin, and compellingly brings to life Scholem's transformative friendship with Walter Benjamin, the critic and philosopher. In doing so, he reveals how Scholem's frustration with the bourgeois ideology of Germany during the First World War led him to discover Judaism, Kabbalah, and finally Zionism, as potent counter-forces to Europe s suicidal nationalism.

The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World, George Prochnik's most recent book, won the National Jewish Book Award for Biography/Memoir in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Wingate Prize in the United Kingdom. In Search of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise (2010) and Putnam Camp: Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Mission of American Psychology (2006) are two other books by Prochnik. He is the editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine and has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bookforum, and the LA Review of Books.

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ISBN 13	9781590517765
ISBN 10	1590517768
Titel	Stranger in a Strange Land
Autor	George Prochnik
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Other Press LLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-03-21
Seitenanzahl	544
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.