9781845193850

Taking up the Torch

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ISBN13: 9781845193850

Hardcover|9781845193850


Overview

This is an unusual narrative in that it successfully combines subjectivity -- how an English person was led by a sequence of educational developments, personal encounters and historical constraints to become the founder of the German-Jewish Centre at the University of Sussex; and objectivity -- a book that introduces English and American readers to an important and evolving field of historical and cultural studies through intellectual autobiography. It documents the formative experiences of a scholar who was to become a pioneering teacher and researcher in the field of German culture and politics. The aim is to relate the shaping of self to the drift of history in a period of radical social change, extending from the refugee crisis caused by Hitler's seizure of power through the ordeals of the Second World War to post-war reconstruction, and the transformation of Britain into a modern multicultural society. The focus is on the formative role of institutions: vicarage childhood, Anglican schooling, C

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ISBN-13

9781845193850

ISBN-10

1845193857

Weight

1.50 Pounds

List Price

$49.95

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

272 pages

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Published On

2011-03-30



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