Jews and Science /

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilman, Sander L., author.

Series:

The Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Judaism and science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource. 1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Purdue University Press 2022

[S.l.] : PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by “scientists” across a range of disciplines, from biology and bioethics to anthropology and genetics. Even the most recent iteration of Jewish studies as an academic discipline—Israel studies—stresses the global cultural, economic, and social impact of Israeli science and medicine. The 2022 volume of the Casden Institute’s Jewish Role in American Life series tackles a range of issues that have evolved with the rise of Jewish studies, throughout its evolution from interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary, and now finally as a discipline itself with its own degrees and departments in universities across the world. This book gathers contributions by scholars from various disciplines to discuss the complexity in defining “science” across multiple fields within Jewish studies. The scholars examine the role of the self-defined “Jewish” scholar, discerning if their identification with the object of study (whether that study be economics, criminology, medicine, or another field entirely) changes their perception or status as scientists. They interrogate whether the myriad ways to study Jews and their relationship to science—including the role of Jews in science and scientific training, the science of the Jews (however defined), and Jews as objects of scientific study—alter our understanding of science itself. The contributors of Jews and Science take on the challenge to confront these central problems.

Contents:

Cover

Jews and Science The Jewish Role in American Life An Annual Review of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

FOREWORD

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

DEFINING SCIENCE

DEFINING JEWS

Science, Imperialism, and Heteromasculinity in the Wissenschaft des Judentums

Philosophers of Catastrophe: Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Proponents and Opponents of Objectivity in Science

Medical History: A Blank Spot in Jewish Studies?

Jewish Scientists and Scholars at the University of Vienna from the Late Habsburg Period until the Early Post-War Years

HUMAN BIOLOGY: GENETICS IN THE NOW

"Questions Remain": Racialism, Geneticism, and the Continuing Lure of Jewish Essentialism

Science, Sovereignty, and Diaspora: Alternative Genealogies and DNA Research on Jewish Populations

ISRAEL STUDIES AND SCIENCE

The Fusion of Zionism and Science: The First Two Decades-and the Present Day?

Israel as a Laboratory in the Time of COVID-19

JEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Environmental History and Jewish Studies: Methodological Intersections and Opportunities

Changing Climates: Zionist Medical Climatology in Palestine, 1897-1948

Jews and Science: A Note

Science and Judaism

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

ABOUT THE USC CASDEN INSTITUTE.

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ISBN:

9781612498027

1612498027

OCLC:

1349280671