{"product_id":"stranger-in-my-own-country-9780374535537","title":"Stranger In My Own Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving and unsettling exploration of a young man's formative years in a country still struggling with its past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a Jew in postwar Germany, Yascha Mounk felt like a foreigner in his own country. When he mentioned that he is Jewish, some made anti-Semitic jokes or talked about the superiority of the Aryan race. Others, sincerely hoping to atone for the country's past, fawned over him with a forced friendliness he found just as alienating.\u003cbr\u003e Vivid and fascinating, \u003ci\u003eStranger in My Own Country\u003c\/i\u003e traces the contours of Jewish life in a country still struggling with the legacy of the Third Reich and portrays those who, inevitably, continue to live in its shadow. Marshaling an extraordinary range of material into a lively narrative, Mounk surveys his countrymen's responses to \"the Jewish question.\" Examining history, the story of his family, and his own childhood, he shows that anti-Semitism and far-right extremism have long coexisted with self-conscious philo-Semitism in postwar Germany. \u003cbr\u003e But of late a new kind of resentment against Jews has come out in the open. Unnoticed by much of the outside world, the desire for a \"finish line\" that would spell a definitive end to the country's obsession with the past is feeding an emphasis on German victimhood. Mounk shows how, from the government's pursuit of a less \"apologetic\" foreign policy to the way the country's idea of the \u003ci\u003eVolk\u003c\/i\u003e makes life difficult for its immigrant communities, a troubled nationalism is shaping Germany's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374535537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.61d","brand":"Yascha Mounk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636668788892,"sku":"9780374535537","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_547599b6-4d25-4c14-8a82-6631f15d526e.jpg?v=1603842591","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stranger-in-my-own-country-9780374535537","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}