Reflections on Identity : : The Jewish Case / / Avi Sagi.
Two basic approaches have shaped the identity discourse since antiquity. The essentialist view assumes that a person's identity does exist "somewhere," and the discourse on identity is an attempt to disclose it. People do not create their identity, they only realize it. The opposite,...
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part One
- Chapter 1: From an Essentialist to a Multicultural Identity
- Chapter 2: A Critique of the Jewish Identity Discourse
- Chapter 3: Primordial Identity: The Jewish Case
- Part Two
- Chapter 4: Between a Rights Discourse and an Identity Discourse
- Chapter 5: "Religion and State": A Critical Analysis
- Chapter 6: On Exile, Strangers, and Sovereignty: Identity in the Biblical Tradition
- Bibliography
- Sources
- Index