 "Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947")
Reciting Jewish achievements and Judaism’s contribution to civilisation in order to fight anti-Semitic propaganda is a well-established genre that flourished in 19th-century Europe. After reaching the United States in the first part of the 20th century, it arguably culminated in the 1960s with the writings of popular authors like Max Dimont. Norman Lebrecht’s Genius & Anxiety belongs to that genre: Both the subtitle of his book and the preface testify to Mr Lebrecht’s commitment to demonstrating “how Jews changed the world” as a response to the current moment, which, he laments, is yet again beset by anti-Semitism.
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