YIVO and the making of modern Jewish culture : scholarship for the Yiddish nation
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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
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Knyga / Book
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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
YIVO and the making of modern Jewish culture: scholarship for the Yiddish nation
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New York [N.Y.] : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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xvi, 307 p
Contents:
List of figures — Acknowledgments — Note on spelling, transliteration, and translation — Introduction — Language and nation — Folk and elite — Past and present — Objectivity and engagement — Diaspora and state — Sources and organization — "Language Raised to the Level of a Political Factor": Yiddish scholarship before YIVO — Introduction: setting the stage — Precursors: collection, publishing, and teaching — World War I and its aftermath — Wandering scholars — Nokhem Shtif and the dilemmas of Yiddish scholarship — Conclusion — "The Idea of the Institute Is Already Ripe": the founding and first stages of YIVO, 1924-1925 — Introduction: rising interest in a Yiddish institute — The initial plan and reactions — The mission of the institute — The start of scholarly work — Conclusion — "From the Folk, For the Folk, With the Folk": academic work, 1925-1932 — Introduction: to serve the folk — Dos zamlen — Balancing past and present — Scholarship for the people — The dilemmas of political engagement — Conclusion — "The Capital of Yiddishland": the geography of Jewish culture, 1925-1933 — Introduction: the mystique of Vilna — Yiddish scholarship between East and West — The geography of funding — YIVO at a watershed — "The Temple of Yiddish Scholarship" — Conclusion — "To Forge Intellectual Weapons for Our People!": scholarship in times of crisis, 1931-1939 — Introduction: "Jewish Reality Has Changed" — Recovering finances and the World Convention — New directions in scholarship — Engaging the Jewish public — Publications and language planning — Scholarship in times of crisis — Conclusion — Epilogue: from Vilna to New York — World War II and its aftermath — YIVO in the United States — Conclusion — The reality of interwar Yiddish culture versus the YIVO myth — Academic achievements and symbolic significance — The economy of Yiddish culture — Notes — Bibliography — Index.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Žydų kultūra; Žydų tyrimų institutas; YIVO; Judėjai; Vilnius; 1925–1939; Jewish Culture; Jewish Research Institute; YIVO; Yiddish nation; Vilnius; 1925–1939.
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9781107014206
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