Jerusalem calling : a homeless conscience in a post-everything world / Joel Schalit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schalit, Joel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schalit, Joel.

Jews--United States--Biography.

Jews.

United States.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

Social conditions.

Jews, American--Israel--Biography.

Jews, American.

Israel.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

218 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Akashic Books, [2002]

Summary:

Jerusalem Calling signals the emergence of a new breed of public intellectual. American by birth, Israeli by association, and homeless by conscience, thirty-four-year-old Punk Planet and Bad Subjects editor Joel Schalit is uniquely qualified to dissect the New World Order and the rise of religious fundamentalism across the globe. Moving effortlessly from philosophical complexity to outrageous humor, Schalit critically interrogates everything from Middle Eastern politics to the New Economy, from debates in the independent music scene about "selling out" to the current cultural interventions of Jerry Falwell and his followers.

Throughout his impassioned analyses, Schalit highlights opportunities for the political left to make itself popular once again. Even while discussing the bleakest of topics, such as the civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, he never succumbs to the cynicism that plagues so many progressive commentators. Raised in a secular Zionist household by one of modern Israel's founding families, Schalit has found a way to transcend nationalism of all stripes. Remarkably, he generates sympathy for Christian, Muslim, and Jew alike, even as he reveals the prevalent dangers in all forms of religious fundamentalism.

Contents:

America the Enchanted 21

Seeing Red 87

Down and Out with Rock and Roll 125

My Own Private Israel 163.

ISBN:

1888451173

OCLC:

48705082