Jewish Intellectuals and the University / by M. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Marla, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology.

School management and organization.

Race.

Educational sociology.

Education and state.

Psychoanalysis.

Organization and Leadership.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Sociology of Education.

Education Policy.

Local Subjects:

Geology.

Organization and Leadership.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Sociology of Education.

Education Policy.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marla Morris explores Jewish intellectuals in society and in the university using psychoanalytic theory. Morris examines Otherness as experienced by Jewish intellectuals who grapple with anti-Semitism within the halls of academia. She claims that academia breeds uncertainty and chaos.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Jewish Intellectuals; 1 Introduction: Tropes of Otherness and Jewish Intellectuals; 2 Jewish Intellectuals as a Trope of Otherness; 3 Sites of Learning in Eastern and Central Europe during the Fin-De-Siècle; Part II Madness; 4 Madness as a Trope of Otherness; 5 Madness, Historicity, and Schooling; Part III The University; 6 The University as a Trope of Otherness; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611361204

9781281361202

1281361208

9780230601703

0230601707

OCLC:

314889587