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Autore: |
Stadler Nurit
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Titolo: |
Yeshiva fundamentalism : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / / Nurit Stadler
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 296.8/320954694 |
Soggetto topico: | Ultra-Orthodox Jews - Israel |
Orthodox Judaism - Israel | |
Jewish fundamentalism - Israel | |
Jewish men - Religious life | |
Yeshivas - Israel | |
Jewish religious education of adults - Israel | |
Spiritual life - Judaism | |
Classificazione: | BD 7200 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism , Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor mark |
Titolo autorizzato: | Yeshiva fundamentalism ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8147-0892-7 |
0-8147-4114-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820660003321 |
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