The Radical Writings of Jack Nusan Porter / / Jack Nusan Porter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Porter, Jack Nusan,
• MitwirkendeR: Magid, Shaul,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)

Jack Nusan Porter's writings date back to 1966 during the height of the Vietnam War. He describes the anguished struggle against war, racism, and poverty, as well as the radical groups involved-Jewish socialists, radical Zionists, radical Jews, Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League, hippies, liberals, and conservatives alike. In addition, the anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and revolutionary terrorism of the times are all vividly described. Here, Porter draws from the past in order to explain the present, walking the precarious bridge between allegiance to Israel and the Jewish people and the universal rights of all people. This collection of old and new essays combines theory, sociology, film studies, literary criticism, post-modern thought, and politics to understand our present situation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Roots of Jewish Radicalism -- I. Early Writings -- II. Jewish Radicals: Theory -- III. Jewish Radicals: History -- IV. Jewish Radicals: Praxis/Action -- V. Jewish Radicals on the Right: Meir Kahane and the JDL -- VI. Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism -- VII. Radical Zionism -- VIII. Radical Poetry and Prose -- IX. Radical Cinema and Media -- X. New Directions for Israel -- XI. New Directions in Presidential Politics -- XII. The Future of Jewish Radicalism -- Conclusion: Toward a Post-Modern Radical Jewish Community -- Bibliography -- About the Author