Decolonial Judaism : triumphal failures of barbaric thinking / Santiago Slabodsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slabodsky, Santiago, 1977- author.

Series:

New approaches to religion and power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Civilization, Western--Jewish influences.

Civilization, Western.

Judaism and politics.

Jews--Politics and government--20th century.

Jews.

Other (Philosophy).

Jews--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 259 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]

Summary:

Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. It argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish thinkers in different parts of the world were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized this rich set of intellectual resources to confront the assimilation of normative Judaism by various incipient neo-colonial powers. By tracing the historical and conceptual lineage of this overlooked conversation, this book explores not only its epistemological opportunities, but also the internal contradictions that led to their ultimate unraveling, especially in the post-9/11 world. Book jacket.

Contents:

The past was worse (and we miss it)

Jewish thought and postcolonialism: the geopolitics of a barbaric encounter

The narrative of barbarism: Western designs for a globalized North

Negative barbarism: Marxist counter-narrative in the provincial North

Transitional barbarism: Levinas's counter-narrative and the global South

Positive barbarism: Memmi's counter-narrative in a Southern network

Barbaric paradoxes: Zionism from the standpoint of the borders

After 9/11: new barbarism and the legacies in the global South

Duped by Jewish suffering (dialectics of resistance).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137365316

1137365315

OCLC:

866253528