Jewish Century New Edition

This masterwork of interpretative history begins with a bold declaration: The Modern Age is the Jewish Age and the twentieth century in particular is the Jewish Century. The assertion is of course metaphorical. But it drives home Yuri Slezkine's provocative thesis: Jews have adapted to the modern world so well that they have become models of what it means to be modern. While focusing on the drama of the Russian Jews including émigrés and their offspring <i>The Jewish Century</i> is also an incredibly original account of the many faces of modernity--nationalism socialism capitalism and liberalism. Rich in its insight sweeping in its chronology and fearless in its analysis this is a landmark contribution to Jewish Russian European and American history.