Young men in Israeli haredi yeshiva education : the scholars' enclave in unrest / / by Yohai Hakak.
By looking at the case of Lithuanian yeshivas in Israel, Yohai Hakak’s book explores the internal tensions and dynamics of religious orders during a stage of a relative ‘loss of charisma’, in which the enthusiasm of the founding generation has diminished. It is the first study to include participant...
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish Identities in a Changing World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Literature
- Chapter Two Collecting the data: Beginnings
- Chapter Three The Ideal Haredi Male Body and the Struggles between Body and Soul in Haredi Education
- Chapter Four Equality or Excellence in Students’ Achievements
- Chapter Five Holy Amnesia: Remembering Religious Sages as Super-Humans or as Simply Human
- Chapter Six deviating, Resisting and Challenging the Ideal Male Bodily Model
- Chapter Seven Psychology and democracy in the name of the God? Modern and Secular discourses on Parenting in the Service of Conservative Religious Aims
- Chapter Eight Will the Scholars’ Enclave Re-adjust?
- Bibliography
- Names and Subjects Index.