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Additional authors

1. Bischof, Günter, 1953-

Description

1. 225 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "The personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), Austria's long-serving Socialist chancellor from August 1970 to May 1983, has been the focus of many books and articles. However, his ambiguous and complex relationship to his Jewishness, the State of Israel, and Zionism, as well as his connections to his overall political project and global aspirations, remain only partially researched. This book studies and analyzes these more systematically and comprehensively and places Kreisky in a comparative perspective with other twentieth-century European Jewish politicians who attained similar pinnacles of power. At the same time, the book will show that Bruno Kreisky was among the most influential and controversial political leaders since World War II. The book revolves around understanding and illuminating the myriad ways in which Kreisky's Jewishness was-or was not-a formative factor in his treatment of "Jewish" questions within Austrian politics, Austrian-Israeli relations, and his active engagement in Middle Eastern affairs. This deeper understanding mainly emerges through examining Kreisky's actions during several pivotal events like the Kreisky-Peter-Wiesenthal affair, the Waldheim affair, the 1973 Marchegg incident, and his overall relationship to Zionism, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian Arab world. This book is not a comprehensive biography of Kreisky. Instead, it attempts to document and place Kreisky's fraught engagement with his Jewishness and the related sensitive issues that touched upon it in a historical, political, ideological, and personal context. This mainly comes down to the entangled and always-ambiguous politics of identity, especially his understanding of his Jewishness"--

Series statement

1. Studies in Central European history, culture & literature

Uniform title

1. Studies in Central European history, culture and literature.

Subject

1. Kreisky, Bruno
2. Since 1939
3. Statesmen > Austria > Biography
4. Jews > Austria > Identity
5. Jewish politicians > Austria > Biography
6. Socialists > Austria > Biography
7. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence
8. Arab-Israeli conflict > 1973-1993 > Influence
9. Arab-Israeli conflict > Influence
10. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
11. Jewish politicians
12. Jews > Identity
13. Politics and government
14. Socialists
15. Statesmen
16. Jews
17. Arab-Israeli conflict
18. Austria > Politics and government > 1945-
19. Austria > Biography
20. Austria

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.

Contents

1. Preface by Günter Bischof -- Kreisky's Jewishness in historical context -- Kreisky and the Austrian "Victim's doctrine" -- Political scandals -- Kreisky and the 1973 Marchegg incident -- Kreisky, Zionism, Israel, and the Palestinian Arab world

Call number

1. JFD 23-800

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index

Author

1. Aschheim, Daniel, 1988- author.

Title

1. Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish identity / Daniel Aschheim.

Publisher

1. New Orleans : University of New Orleans Press, [2022]

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Studies in Central European history, culture & literature
2. Studies in Central European history, culture and literature.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index

Chronological term

1. Since 1939

Added author

1. Bischof, Günter, 1953- writer of preface.

Other form:

1. Online version: Aschheim, Daniel, 1988- Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish identity New Orleans : University of New Orleans Press, [2022] 9781608012879 (DLC) 2022016234

LCCN

1. 2022016233

ISBN

1. 9781608012428 (paperback)
2. 1608012425
3. 9781608012879 (ebook)

Research call number

1. JFD 23-800