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Autore |
Kahn-Harris Keith <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Turbulent times : the British Jewish community today / / Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-4877-9 |
1-4411-0155-1 |
1-282-82164-4 |
9786612821646 |
1-4411-1040-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - Great Britain - History - 21st century |
Jews - Great Britain - Politics and government - 21st century |
Jews - Great Britain - Social life and customs |
Judaism - Great Britain - History - 21st century |
Great Britain Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-224) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Jewish community and Jewish leadership in the UK -- Research and the "reflexive turn" in Anglo Jewry -- The continuity consensus -- From Jewish continuity to Jewish continuity -- The renewal agenda -- From renewal to renaissance -- New antisemitism, new insecurity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a strategy of insecurity, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a 'Jewish renaissance' in Britain. Addressing key questions on the transitions in |
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