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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2014 by the
- ISSN
- 1016-4987
- eISSN
- 1865-9438
- DOI
- 10.1515/asch-2014-0018
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract: The ›Kunstwart‹-debate of 1912 – which was provoked by the almost unknown Moritz Goldstein ’s essay ›Deutsch-jüdischer Parnaß‹,– is usually regarded as one of the most important debates of the pre-war years. Goldstein saw himself misinterpreted, however, because he had not intended to write a political text but a private confession, a description of the unsolvable problem of being grown up within the German culture and the decision to support the growing up of a Jewish culture. Goldstein demanded a Jewish literature but acknowledged at the same time that a German writer was unable to achieve this. His self-assessment never has been taken seriously. In this paper the attempt is made to read Goldstein ’s essay as a political statement but likewise as a literary confession. He was as much enthralled by Zionism as by the culture of Wilhelm II’s Germany and its ideal of honour.
Journal
Aschkenas – de Gruyter
Published: Sep 1, 2014