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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index
All that is solid melts into ink -- German Jews and the writing of modern life -- Karl Kraus and the Jewish self-hatred question -- Mirror-man -- Messianic journalism? Benjamin and Scholem read Die Fackel -- Conclusion: The afterlife of anti-journalism
Reitter's study of Kraus's writings situates them in the context of fin-de-siècle German-Jewish intellectual history. He argues that rather than stemming from anti-Semitism, Kraus' attacks constituted a constructive critique of mainstream German-Jewish strategies for assimilation