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The Ring of Myths
Na'ama Sheffi
其他書名
The Israelis, Wagner, and the Nazis
出版Sussex Academic Press, 2001
主題History / Europe / GeneralHistory / Middle East / Israel & PalestineHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / HolocaustMusic / History & CriticismMusic / Genres & Styles / OperaMusic / Philosophy & Social AspectsPolitical Science / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Jewish Studies
ISBN19022105229781902210520
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=coqfAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book examines the Israeli attitude towards Wagner in light of remembrance of the Holocaust and the shape of the new Israeli national identity. To many in Israel, Richard Wagner is a symbol of the concentration camps, or at least of a fierce sociopolitical controversy. Although the cancellation of a performance of the prelude to Wagner's Mestersinger von Nuremberg in 1938 was simply an impetuous response to the events of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany, over the years this incident became part of a wider pattern as the Wagner boycott was extended to other composers suspected of collaborating with the Nazis. Today all the musicians living in the Third Reich have been rehabilitated except for Wagner, who is perceived as an intellectual whose views helped Hitler form his own racist world concept. Although the Israeli boycott is rooted in this connection between Wagner and Hitler, an additional and central aspect of it is the determination of politicians and broad sectors of the Israeli