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The ordeal of civility
Freud, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle with Modernity
Book • 1974
The book delves into the 'unconsummated social courtship' between Jews and gentiles, focusing on the predicament of Jews caught between their traditional, intimate community (Yiddishkeit) and the formal, polite expectations of gentile society.
Cuddihy argues that the fundamental cultural norm of modernity is the politeness and formality required in interactions with strangers, which posed significant challenges for Jews moving out of Eastern European shtetls into modern European societies.
The book also examines how the theories of Freud, Marx, and Lévi-Strauss were influenced by their Jewish backgrounds and the struggle with assimilation.
Cuddihy argues that the fundamental cultural norm of modernity is the politeness and formality required in interactions with strangers, which posed significant challenges for Jews moving out of Eastern European shtetls into modern European societies.
The book also examines how the theories of Freud, Marx, and Lévi-Strauss were influenced by their Jewish backgrounds and the struggle with assimilation.
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Mentioned by Pete Quiñones , referencing how a group had a problem and was kept in the dark about things.
Pete Reads 'Jewish History, Jewish Religion' by Israel Shahak - Complete
Mentioned in relation to the argument that those off the shtetl for only 200 years would have a crisis of modernity.
Pete Reads 'Jewish History, Jewish Religion' by Israel Shahak - Complete
Mentioned by Pete Quinones in relation to the crisis of modernity among Jews.
Pete Reads 'Jewish History, Jewish Religion' by Israel Shahak - Complete
