Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
History
First Advisor's Name
Mitchell Hart
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Benjiman Webb
Third Advisor's Name
Joseph Patrouch
Date of Defense
11-14-2000
Abstract
This study examines the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus and his responses to the "Jewish Question" and anti- Semitism. Through a comprehensive analysis of his major works, this project reveals Kraus's underlying views on Jewish identity and his ideas for resolving the "Jewish Question." Kraus attacked acculturated German-speaking Jews for "failing" to assimilate into society. In his mind, the bourgeois Jewish intellectuals had retreated into a "transparent ghetto" of aesthetic values, literary expression, and capitalist-materialism, represented by the "Jewish" press. For Kraus, anti-Semitism persisted because the Jews maintained their status as "Jews," and therefore could not assimilate into Viennese society. His solution to this "faulty" assimilation was to renounce all ties to Judaism and adopt Viennese culture completely.
Identifier
FI15101463
Recommended Citation
Fulwider, Chad Russell, "Karl Kraus and the Jewish question: assimilation, language, and persecution in Vienna, 1874-1936" (2000). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3426.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3426
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