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Title: Jewish Destinies: Citizenship, State, and Community in Modern France

Synopsis
This title examines the cultural conflicts in French society at the close of the 20th century, specifically those relating to the country's Jewish population. Birnbaum, a French political scientist and prolific author, cites increasing incidents of racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia in France.

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Language:        English

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Length:        324 Pages
Weight:        1.3 Pounds
Height:         9.5 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    1.3 Inches



Publisher Notes
A trenchant analysis of the place of minorities in a national culture.
Can members of minority cultures be full and equal citizens of a democratic state? Or do community allegiances override loyalty to the state? And who defines a minority community-its members or the state? Pierre Birnbaum asks these crucial questions about France-a nation where 89 percent of the people feel that racism is widespread and 70 percent agree that there are "too many Arabs." Arabs are today's targets, but racism has also been directed at other groups, including Jews.
Jews became full citizens of France only at the Revolution, and historians have traditionally held that the state, in thus emancipating Jews and allowing them to join French society as individuals, severed the ties that had once bound the Jewish community together. But Birnbaum shows that the history of Jews in France-and of attitudes toward them-is not so linear. Rather, he finds that anti-Semitism has risen and fallen along with other forms of racism and xenophobia, and he argues that Jews in France today are once again viewed as members of an isolated community-no matter what their degree of assimilation. Birnbaum's conclusions about state and community have broad-reaching implications for all societies that struggle to incorporate minority groups-including the United States.
Notes/Index
Pierre Birnbaum, professor of political science at the Sorbonne, is the author of more than a dozen books. Those published in English include Anti-Semitism in France, States and Collective Action, and The Heights of Power.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Jewish Destinies: Citizenship, State, and Community in Modern France and it was written by Arthur Goldhammer (Translator), Pierre Birnbaum. This edition of Jewish Destinies: Citizenship, State, and Community in Modern France is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is February 2000 and it has a suggested retail price of $35. There are 324 pages in the book and it was published by Hill & Wang Pub. The 10 digit ISBN is 0809061015 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780809061013. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.