ISBN:
9781618115348
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 213 Seiten
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2016
Series Statement:
Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sagi, Abraham, author Reflections on identity
DDC:
305.892/4
Keywords:
Jews Identity
;
Philosophy
;
Juden
;
Kulturelle Identität
Abstract:
"This book deals with the meaning of identity in general and Jewish identity in particular. Different notions of Jewish identity have been formulated in the history of Jewish thought, many of them supporting a rigid and one-sided view of it. Relying on a cultural historical analysis of various theoretical and empirical dimensions of this concept, the book shows that the term Jewish identity denotes a field covering a broad range of options for Jewish existence. Common to all is the affirmation of Jewish identity, but not necessarily one single approach as the sole possible course of Jewish life"--
Abstract:
1. From an essentialist to a multicultural identity -- 2. A critique of the Jewish identity discourse -- 3. Primordial identity: the Jewish case, part two -- 4. Between a rights discourse and an identity discourse -- 5. "Religion and State": a critical analysis -- 6. On exile, strangers, and sovereignty: identity in the biblical tradition
Note:
"This volume contains three chapters that were previously published in a Hebrew volume, but, otherwise, it is original and was not previously published in full elsewhere"-- Publisher's email
,
Includes bibliographical references (197-208) and index
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