France and Being Jewish

Voltaire, Baudelaire, Renan, Sartre, Aron, Derrida, Finkielkraut are some of the authors discussed in France and Being Jewish. The title of the book connects the name of a state, France, with an identity, the being of the Jew. The name France not only refers to the state but is also an image for various movements in French thought. Being Jewish, with a capital letter, refers not only to the Jewish religion but also to a multiple cultural identity. The book is a collection of scientific and didactically useful texts that shed light on the complicated relationship between France and being Jewish from historical, political, philosophical and literary angles.