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Steven Beller's examination of the role played by Jews in the explosion of cultural innovation in Vienna at the turn of the century shows that, among the personnel of leading society, Jews were predominant throughout most of Viennese modern high culture. Thus any attempts to dismiss the 'Jewish aspect' of the intelligentsia are necessarily refuted. The book then goes on to explain this 'Jewish aspect', adopting an historical approach which sees the 'Jewishness' of Viennese modern culture as a result of the specific Jewish backgrounds of most of the leading cultural figures and their own reactions to being Jewish.Steven Beller is the author of 'Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521351805 and ISBN 0521351804.
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