1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454366003321

Autore

Urban Martina

Titolo

Aesthetics of renewal [[electronic resource] ] : Martin Buber's early representation of Hasidism as kulturkritik / / Martina Urban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-07040-1

9786612070402

0-226-84273-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

296.8/332

Soggetti

Hasidism

Spiritual life - Judaism

Anthologies

Zionism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Buber's Hermeneutic Horizon -- 2. The Anthology and the Jewish Renaissance -- 3. Zionist Anthologies -- 4. In Search of Collaborators -- 5. The Galician Circle of Elusive Collaborators -- 6. Ahad Ha'am's Theory of Culture Revised -- 7. Sprachkritik: The Crisis of Perception -- 8. Jewish Culture: Between Mystical Aesthetics and Lebensphilosophie -- 9. A Phenomenology of Hasidic Mysticism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Buber's Sources for Die Legende des Baalschem -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Martin Buber's embrace of Hasidism at the start of the twentieth century was instrumental to the revival of this popular form of Jewish mysticism. Hoping to instigate a Jewish cultural and spiritual renaissance, he published a series of anthologies of Hasidic teachings written in German to introduce the tradition to a wide audience. In Aesthetics of Renewal, Martina Urban closely analyzes Buber's writings and sources to explore his interpretation of Hasidic spirituality as a form of cultural criticism.  For Buber, Hasidic legends and teachings



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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783665903321

Autore

Borovoy Amy Beth

Titolo

The too-good wife [[electronic resource] ] : alcohol, codependency, and the politics of nurturance in postwar Japan / / Amy Borovoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612358098

1-4237-3146-8

1-282-35809-X

0-520-93868-2

1-59875-808-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; ; 6

Classificazione

MS 3040

Disciplina

362.29/13/0952135

Soggetti

Alcoholics - Japan - Tokyo - Family relationships

Alcoholics' spouses - Japan - Tokyo

Parents of drug addicts - Japan - Tokyo

Codependency - Japan - Tokyo

Social work with women - Japan - Tokyo

Sex role - Japan - Tokyo

Wives - Japan - Tokyo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Dirty Lukewarm Water" -- 1. Alcoholism and Codependency: New Vocabularies for Unspeakable Problems -- 2. Motherhood, Nurturance, and "Total Care" in Postwar National Ideology -- 3. Good Wives: Negotiating Marital Relationships -- 4. A Success Story -- 5. The Inescapable Discourse of Motherhood -- Conclusion: The Home as a Feminist Dilemma -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Social drinking is an accepted aspect of working life in Japan, and women are left to manage their drunken husbands when the men



return home, restoring them to sobriety for the next day of work. In attempting to cope with their husbands' alcoholism, the women face a profound cultural dilemma: when does the nurturing behavior expected of a good wife and mother become part of a pattern of behavior that is actually destructive? How does the celebration of nurturance and dependency mask the exploitative aspects not just of family life but also of public life in Japan? The Too-Good Wife follows the experiences of a group of middle-class women in Tokyo who participated in a weekly support meeting for families of substance abusers at a public mental-health clinic. Amy Borovoy deftly analyzes the dilemmas of being female in modern Japan and the grace with which women struggle within a system that supports wives and mothers but thwarts their attempts to find fulfillment outside the family. The central concerns of the book reach beyond the problem of alcoholism to examine the women's own processes of self-reflection and criticism and the deeper fissures and asymmetries that undergird Japanese productivity and social order.