Introduces English and American readers to an important and evolving field of historical and cultural studies through intellectual autobiography. This title documents the formative experiences of a scholar who was to become a pioneering teacher and researcher in the field of German culture and politics.
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Introduces English and American readers to an important and evolving field of historical and cultural studies through intellectual autobiography. This title documents the formative experiences of a scholar who was to become a pioneering teacher and researcher in the field of German culture and politics.
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Add this copy of Taking Up the Torch: English Institutions, German to cart. $16.12, new condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Liverpool University Press.
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New in No d/j as Published jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book 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, Cambridge and other university environments-especially the new map of learning at Sussex University in the 1960s. The 'Torch' in the title alludes to the transmission of a radical intellectual tradition and to a specific commitment to the study of Die Fackel, the satirical journal edited by Karl Kraus in Vienna from 1899 to 1936. From this emerged the innovative agenda developed by the Centre for German-Jewish Studies. 315pp.
Add this copy of Taking Up the Torch: English Institutions, German to cart. $60.75, like new condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Sussex Academic Press.
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First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Illustrated laminated boards. Issued without dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with 74 plates and additional figures in the text. Illustrated laminated covers. Inscribed by the author on ffep: 'for Alice, with all good wishes from Edward Timms, 20 July 2011-70th anniversary of the AJR [Association of Jewish Refugees] in London'. The unusual autobiography of Edward Timms (1937-2018), the expert on Austrian and German-Jewish studies, who founded the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. With newsletter of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies (May 2019), including a full page illustrated obituary of the author, loosely inserted, with a leaflet relating to the Centre. ISBN: 1845193857 Pages: 272 Fine.
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New. Introduces English and American readers to an important and evolving field of historical and cultural studies through intellectual autobiography. This title documents the formative experiences of a scholar who was to become a pioneering teacher and researcher in the field of German culture and politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 1DFG; BG; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678. 2011. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
