Freud, Jews, and Other Germans

Download or read book Freud, Jews, and Other Germans written by Peter Gay and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1978 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays dealing with the integration of Jewish intellectuals in German culture and society during the 19th-20th centuries, and the self-hatred expressed by some of them. The introduction surveys 19th-century antisemitism in Germany, raising the question whether it should be considered an opening phase of the Holocaust. Discusses the ambivalent relations between Wagner and the Jewish conductor Hermann Levi, and the contribution of Max Liebermann (whose Jewish origins were emphasized by art critics) to modern art.