The Messianic Secret of Hasidism / / Mor Altshuler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784714403321
• Autore: Altshuler Mor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-40045-9; 9786611400453; 90-474-1083-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (452 p.)
• Collana: Brill's Series in Jewish Studies ; ; 39
• Disciplina: 296.8/332
• Soggetti: Hasidim; Hasidism - Doctrines - History; Hasidism - History; Jewish messianic movements; Messiah - Judaism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes a circle of Eastern European Kabbalists that established Hasidism, an important movement that has influenced Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish culture and Hebrew literature. It uncovers the messianic motivation, concealed in Hasidic writings after the failure of their 1740-1781 attempts to hurry redemption. The book opens with the Besht, the legendary founder of Hasidism, and continues with the first Hasidic court, founded by one of his prominent disciples, the preacher of Zlotshov. The group's redemptive activities are revealed through their mystical rituals, their self-image as representatives of the ten Sefirot, and the status of their leader, "the Righteous One," as a vivid symbol of the divine influx. The book is especially important for scholars and students of Judaism as well as scholars of mysticism and messianism, seeking to comprehend the transformation of a messianic circle of devotees into a mass movement that changes the culture of an entire nation.

Creating knowledge, strengthening Nations : the changing role of higher education / / edited by Glen A. Jones, Patricia L. McCarney, and Michael L. Skolnik

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806977403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-4426-1308-4; 1-282-02364-0; 9786612023644; 1-4426-7356-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Collana: Heritage
• Disciplina: 378.01
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Aims and objectives; Education, Higher - Philosophy; Conference papers and proceedings.; 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 at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: New pressures, new roles: the changing context for higher education. Raising the pressure: globalization and the need for higher education reform / David E. Bloom ; The opportunities and the threats of globalization / Peter Scott ; Universities in the new global economy: actors or spectators / Eva Egron-Polak ; Universities, women, and the dialogue among civilizations / Ruth Hayhoe ; The future of higher education in the knowledge-driven global economy of the twenty-first century / James J. Duderstadt -- Strengthening nations, regions, and cities: higher education and society. Democratizing knowledge: higher education and good governance / Maureen O'Neil ; Reflections on the difficulty of balancing the university's economic role and the non-economic objectives in periods when its economic role is highly valued / Michael L. Skolnik ; The contribution of higher education to reconstructing South African society: opportunities, challenges, and ; cautionary tales / George Subotzky ; The role of technical education in enabling the creation of a knowledge economy and society: the Indian experience / Ramamurthy Natarajan ; The role of universities in regional development and cluster formation / David A. Wolfe ; Campus and community: partnerships for research, policy, and action / Beth Savan ; Global cities, local knowledge creation: mapping a new policy terrain on the relationship between universities and cities / Patricia L. McCarney -- Creating knowledge: new challenges and roles. Creating knowledge strengthening nations: the role of research and education in humanities and social sciences in government agendas for innovation / Shirley Neuman ; Harnessing genomics for global health: the role of higher education / Abdallah S. Daar and Peter A. Singer ; Contribution of higher education to research and innovation balancing the 'social contract' of universities with their drive for scholarly excellence / Calvin R. Stiller ; The academic-commercial interface in a knowledge-driven eeconomy a view from MaRS / John R. Evans ; Innovation U: new practices, enabling cultures / Louis G. Tornatzky.
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalization's effects on universities have been little examined. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations seeks to improve understanding by deepening the analysis of how universities contribute to economic growth and entrepreneurialism while also contributing to strategic societal goals of equity and redistributive justice. Editors Glen A. Jones, Patricia L. McCarney, and Michael L. Skolnik have brought together a diverse group of contributors to describe how internal and external forces arising from globalization are exerting pressure to change the role of higher education in society and how universities are dealing with these pressures. The essays pay particular attention to tensions associated with attempts to balance the economic with the non-economic objectives of higher education, and between those who celebrate the 'entrepreneurial university' versus those who lament the new alignment between the university and the business community as undermining the civic responsibility of the university and its freedom of speech and critical inquiry. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations is a crucial addition to the debate on the future of higher education.