Language in Time of Revolution
Author | : Benjamin Harshav |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1993-08-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520079588 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520079582 |
Rating | : 4/5 (582 Downloads) |
Download or read book Language in Time of Revolution written by Benjamin Harshav and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-08-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with two remarkable events--the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language. It is a book about social and cultural history addressed not only to the professional historian, and a book about Jews addressed not only to Jewish readers. It tries to rethink a wide field of cultural phenomena and present the main ideas to the intelligent reader, or, better, present a "family picture" of related and contiguous ideas. Many names and details are mentioned, which may not all be familiar to the uninitiated; their function is to provide some concrete texture for this dramatic story, but the focus is on the story itself.