{"product_id":"the-elusiveness-of-tolerance-the-jewish-question-from-lessing-to-the-napoleonic-wars-paperback","title":"The Elusiveness of Tolerance: The \"Jewish Question\" from Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter R. Erspamer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Erspamer explores the 'Jewish question' in German literature from Lessing's \u003ci\u003eNathan der Weise\u003c\/i\u003e in 1779 to Sessa's \u003ci\u003eUnser Verkehr\u003c\/i\u003e in 1815. He analyzes the transition from an enlightened emancipatory literature advocating tolerance in the late eighteenth century to an anti-Semitic literature with nationalistic overtones in the early nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErspamer examines \u003ci\u003eNathan\u003c\/i\u003e in light of Lessing's attempts to distance himself from the excesses of his own Christian in-group through pariah identification, using an idealized member of an out-group religion as a vehicle to attack the dominant religion. He also focuses on other leading advocates of tolerance and explores changes in Jewish identity, particularly the division of German Jewry into orthodox Jews, adherents of the Haskalah, and converted Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter R. Erspamer is visiting assistant professor of German at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 12 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248469893427,"sku":"9781469614649","price":49.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IICNqYox8o9781469614649.webp?v=1776311615","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-elusiveness-of-tolerance-the-jewish-question-from-lessing-to-the-napoleonic-wars-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}