Reflections on Identity
The Jewish Case
Seiten
2017
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9781618115348 (ISBN)
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9781618115348 (ISBN)
The book deals with identity in general and with Jewish identity in particular. The book rejects rigid and one-sided notions of Jewish identity and offers a historical-cultural analysis of the identity discourse.
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.
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.
Professor Avi Sagi teaches Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he is also the founding director of a Graduate Program on Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He has published extensively on continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and ethics, and Jewish philosophy.
Acknowledgements Preface
Part One
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
Bibliography
Sources
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.12.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah |
| Übersetzer | Batya Stein |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Brighton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781618115348 / 9781618115348 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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