The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity

The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity

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The Ordeal of Civility : Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss & the Jewish Struggle with Modernity

The Ordeal of Civility: Freud, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and the Jewish Struggle With Modernity

Written by John Murray Cuddihy
4.85 25,809 ratings
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The ordeal, says Cuddihy, is the "unconsummated social courtship of Gentile and Jew," focused on the predicament of the Jew, caught between his rough, loving community (Yiddishkeit) and the Gentile "host culture/etiquette" that he wants to assimilate. Cuddihy calls it the trauma of culture shock for a decolonized people. National Book Award finalist (Philosophy), 1975.

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Pages 291
Language Eng
Published December 17, 1974
ISBN 654111
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John Murray Cuddihy is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, John Murray Cuddihy can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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