Germany's Stepchildren
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of cultural and intellectual history, Germany's Stepchildren confronts one of modern history's most profound ironies: the fate of Jewish writers, thinkers, and artists who gave their hearts and minds to German culture, only to be rejected, persecuted, or destroyed by the very civilization they helped to build. Solomon Liptzin chronicles the lives and struggles of a remarkable generation of Jewish intellectuals — from Heinrich Heine to Franz Kafka — who straddled two worlds, belonging fully to neither, and whose creative output was shaped by the painful tension of that dual identity. Liptzin writes with the authority of a scholar and the sensitivity of a humanist, tracing the literary, philosophical, and cultural contributions of German Jews against the backdrop of rising nationalism and antisemitism. The work stands as both a celebration of extraordinary achievement and a sober reckoning with the forces that sought to erase it. Rich in biographical detail and sweeping in its historical scope, it raises questions about identity, belonging, and cultural ownership that resonate far beyond the German-Jewish experience — leaving the reader to wonder what is lost when a society turns against its own most brilliant minds.
Author: Solomon Liptzin
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of cultural and intellectual history, Germany's Stepchildren confronts one of modern history's most profound ironies: the fate of Jewish writers, thinkers, and artists who gave their hearts and minds to German culture, only to be rejected, persecuted, or destroyed by the very civilization they helped to build. Solomon Liptzin chronicles the lives and struggles of a remarkable generation of Jewish intellectuals — from Heinrich Heine to Franz Kafka — who straddled two worlds, belonging fully to neither, and whose creative output was shaped by the painful tension of that dual identity. Liptzin writes with the authority of a scholar and the sensitivity of a humanist, tracing the literary, philosophical, and cultural contributions of German Jews against the backdrop of rising nationalism and antisemitism. The work stands as both a celebration of extraordinary achievement and a sober reckoning with the forces that sought to erase it. Rich in biographical detail and sweeping in its historical scope, it raises questions about identity, belonging, and cultural ownership that resonate far beyond the German-Jewish experience — leaving the reader to wonder what is lost when a society turns against its own most brilliant minds.