German-Jewish Thought and Its Afterlife

"Liska's book conducts an insightful investigation into the history of ideas, and she is able to compare and contrast the wide range of thinkers under examination in clear, sophisticated, and nuanced ways. "—Religious Studies Review

"In a highly sophisticated—but clearly written and accessible manner—Vivian Liska traces the impact of the Jewish tradition on modernist German-Jewish thought and provocatively points to the challenges facing this aspect of its legacy for our own time."—Steven E. Aschheim, author of Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad

"Convincing, original, and well thought. A crowning achievement for one of the most astute and visible critics of Kafka and of German Modernism today."—Jean-Michel Rabaté, author of The Pathos of Distance: Affect of the Moderns

"Although the authors who form the main focus of the book have been thoroughly studied and discussed on many occasions over the past fifty years or so, Liska brings into her analysis a fresh perspective that highlights the elusive Jewish quality at work in the texts under discussion."—Partial Answers