Remembering the Jewish and German Questions: Essays on Fairy Tales, Poetry, and Culture is a selection of Jack Zipes-s insightful essays and presentations on fairy tales, Jewish studies, philosophy, drama, and the German public sphere.
The collection begins by considering how fairy tales have been shaped by societies, and how they have influenced society in turn. Zipes considers the history of the Grimms- fairy tales and their popularity and spread-comparing them to an epidemic. The second chapter champions the work and significance of the great philosopher Ernst Bloch, with substantial engagement with the essay collection Not Yet: Reconsidering Ernst Bloch (1997). Chapter three probes into the way society makes sense of the world through fairy tales and fantasy. In chapter four, Zipes explores the shift and reemergence of Jewish culture in Germany in the 1990s. He turns to the work of Gilles Deleuze and F-x Guattari to offer insight into the usefulness of a "min
