Ebook: The Jewish Century

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: MERCURY'S SANDALS: THE JEWS AND OTHER NOMADS; CHAPTER 2: SWANN'S NOSE: THE JEWS AND OTHER MODERNS; CHAPTER 3: BABEL'S FIRST LOVE: THE JEWS AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 4: HODL'S CHOICE: THE JEWS AND THREE PROMISED LANDS; NOTES; INDEX.;This masterwork of interpretative history begins with a bold declaration: The Modern Age is the Jewish Age--and we are all, to varying degrees, Jews. The assertion is, of course, metaphorical. But it underscores Yuri Slezkine's provocative thesis. Not only have Jews adapted better than many other groups to living in the modern world, they have become the premiere symbol and standard of modern life everywhere. Slezkine argues that the Jews were, in effect, among the world's first free agents. They traditionally belonged to a social and anthropological category known as ""servic.