‘Jugendbewegung’: Gerhard Scholem as a Figure of the German Avant-Garde

Abstract The purpose of this essay is to examine one of Gershom Scholem’s most obscure undertakings, a proto-Dadaist and antiwar text that he published, together with a few friends, during the first year of World War One. As is shown, this project has drawn heavily from the work of one of the leadin...

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Published in:Zutot
Main Author: Engel, Amir 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Zutot
Further subjects:B Zionism
B avant-garde
B Gershom Scholem
B Hugo Ball
B World War One
B Martin Buber
B Youth-Movement
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Summary:Abstract The purpose of this essay is to examine one of Gershom Scholem’s most obscure undertakings, a proto-Dadaist and antiwar text that he published, together with a few friends, during the first year of World War One. As is shown, this project has drawn heavily from the work of one of the leading avant-garde poets, later among the founding members of the Dada movement in Zurich, Hugo Ball. Discussed side by side, the works of Gershom Scholem and Hugo Ball offer a unique view onto the anti-war sentiment and the need for experimental language in an attempt to express a disdain so profound and fundamental that words and sentences seem unable to capture.
ISSN:1875-0214
Contains:Enthalten in: Zutot
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18750214-bja10016