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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 |
| Title | Stranger in a Strange Land |
| Author | George Prochnik |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Other Press LLC |
| Year published | 2017-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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