Bibliograph

Reflections on identity, the Jewish case, Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein

Type

Label

Reflections on identity, the Jewish case, Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reflections on identity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952651148

Responsibility statement

Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya Stein

Series statement

Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah

Sub title

the Jewish case

Summary

"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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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