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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787952903321

Autore

Slabodsky S

Titolo

Decolonial Judaism : Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking / / by S. Slabodsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-137-34583-7

Edizione

[1st edition 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 260 pages)

Disciplina

325.3

Soggetti

Jews - Politics and government

Judaism and politics

Decolonization

Political science - Philosophy

Civilization, Western - Jewish influences

Other (Philosophy)

Religion - Philosophy

Religion and sociology

Religion

Religion - History

Judaism

Judaism - Doctrines

Philosophy of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Religious Studies

History of Religion

Jewish Theology

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.