Edward Alexander (professor)

Edward Alexander is professor emeritus of English at the University of Washington.[1]

He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974 in the field of "Literary Criticism".[2]

In The Jewish Idea and Its Enemies, (1988) Alexander examined the tension between The Enlightenment ideas of liberalism, rationalism, relativism, and traditional Jewish ideas.[3]

In Jews against Themselves, (2015) Alexander explores the contributions apostate Jews made to “the politics and ideology of anti-Semitism.”[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Alexander - faculty page". washington.edu. University of Washington. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Edward Alexander". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Gabriel Schoenfeld (24 September 2015). "Jews against Themselves". Mosaic. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
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