Jews and the Ends of Theory

By: Shai Ginsburg and Martin Land and Jonathan Boyarin and Svetlana Boym and Sergey Dolgopolski and Jay Geller and Sarah Hammerschlag and Martin Jay and Elliot R. Wolfson and Andrew Bush and Hannan Hever and James I. Porter and Yehouda Shenhav

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Synopsis: Theory has often been coded as “Jewish”—not merely because Jewish intellectuals have been central participants, but also, this book argues, because certain problematics of modern Jewishness enrich theoretical questions across the humanities. In the range of violence and agency that can attend the appellation “Jew,” Jewishness is revealed as a rhetorical and not just social fact, one tied to profound questions of power, subjectivity, identity, figuration, language, and relation that are also central to modern theory and modern politics. Understanding Jewishness in its fluidity, this book helps articulate theory’s potential to mediate pessimistic and utopian impulses, experiences, and realities.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780823282012
Related ISBNs:: 9780823282005
Publisher:: Fordham University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/04/18
Copyrighted By:: Fordham University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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