„Der Börsejud als Übermensch“ oder Anton Kuhs Anamnese der jüdischen Moderne und deren Rezeption in Prag
“The Jewish Stock-Jobber as Übermensch” or: Anton Kuh’s Anamnesis of Jewish Modernity and Its Reception in Prague

Summary/Abstract: In his essay “Juden und Deutsche” (Jews and Germans, 1921), which caused a sensation, Anton Kuh (1890–1941) conceptualizes a third model of Jewish identity to counter the formulaic alternative of Jewish modernity, i.e. assimilation or Zionism. In this model he reframes the extraterritoriality of the diaspora into a cosmopolitan mission. Two of his impromptu speeches, in which he presents his provocative theses, cause a sensation in Prague society; and Max Brod uses the occasion to champion the “creative thinker” Anton Kuh, while Felix Weltsch attests to the “malicious exploring eye” of Kuh’s “astonishing unveilings.”

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