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Decolonial Judaism : Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking / by S. Slabodsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slabodsky, S., author.
- Series:
- New Approaches to Religion and Power, 2634-6087
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Religion and sociology.
- Religion--History.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Doctrines.
- Philosophy of Religion.
- Sociology of Religion.
- History of Religion.
- Jewish Theology.
- Local Subjects:
- Philosophy of Religion.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Religion.
- History of Religion.
- Judaism.
- Jewish Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 its ultimate unraveling, especially in the post-9/11 world.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Past Was Worse ; CHAPTER 1 Jewish Thought, Postcolonialism, and Decoloniality: The Geo-Politics of a Barbaric Encounter; CHAPTER 2 The Narrative of Barbarism: Western Designs for a Globalized North; CHAPTER 3 Negative Barbarism: Marxist Counter-Narrative in the Provincial North; CHAPTER 4 Transitional Barbarism: Levinas's Counter-Narrative and the Global South; CHAPTER 5 Positive Barbarism: Memmi's Counter-Narrative in a Southern Network
- CHAPTER 6 Barbaric Paradoxes: Zionism from the Standpoint of the BorderlandsCHAPTER 7 After 9/11: New Barbarism and the Legacies in the Global South; Epilogue Duped by Jewish Suffering; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137345837
- 1137345837
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