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Benjamin Disraeli (review)

Benjamin Disraeli (review) of radical Jewish politics. They prefer to stress the impact of long-term factors such as social and economic developments or the influence of gradual, incessant changes brought about everyday life and experience. In Frankel's words, his critics "share a preference for modes of historical explanation based more on continuity than on contingency" (p. 9). He does not reject outright his critics' reservations about his work, but instead tries to reconcile the two approaches in a way that respects historians' methodological choices and considers how to weigh the relative importance of long-term trends and contingency in explaining key historical events. For Frankel, the world of politics is not autonomous and determined solely by the personal biography of the activist, but occurs within parameters established by social and cultural factors. Regardless of what readers of this volume make of Frankel's arguments, they will undoubtedly find their intellectual horizons broadened by the perceptive analyses Frankel brings to bear on his life-long study of the modern Jewish experience. Robert Weinberg Swarthmore College Benjamin Disraeli, by Adam Kirsch. New York: Nextbook and Schocken, 2008. 258 pp. $21.00. Adam Kirsch's biography, Benjamin Disraeli, is a recent installment of the notable "Nextbook" collaboration with Schocken http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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Abstract

of radical Jewish politics. They prefer to stress the impact of long-term factors such as social and economic developments or the influence of gradual, incessant changes brought about everyday life and experience. In Frankel's words, his critics "share a preference for modes of historical explanation based more on continuity than on contingency" (p. 9). He does not reject outright his critics' reservations about his work, but instead tries to reconcile the two approaches in a way that respects historians' methodological choices and considers how to weigh the relative importance of long-term trends and contingency in explaining key historical events. For Frankel, the world of politics is not autonomous and determined solely by the personal biography of the activist, but occurs within parameters established by social and cultural factors. Regardless of what readers of this volume make of Frankel's arguments, they will undoubtedly find their intellectual horizons broadened by the perceptive analyses Frankel brings to bear on his life-long study of the modern Jewish experience. Robert Weinberg Swarthmore College Benjamin Disraeli, by Adam Kirsch. New York: Nextbook and Schocken, 2008. 258 pp. $21.00. Adam Kirsch's biography, Benjamin Disraeli, is a recent installment of the notable "Nextbook" collaboration with Schocken

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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish StudiesPurdue University Press

Published: Jun 24, 2010

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