Thinking Jewish culture in America / / edited by Ken Koltun-Fromm

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.892/4073
• Soggetto topico: Judaism - United States; Jews - United States - Identity; Jews - United States - Intellectual life; Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Jewish influences Congresses
• Altri autori: Koltun-FrommKen
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Part I: About Culture; 1 Jewish Peoplehood and the Nationalist Paradigm in American Jewish Culture; 2 Otherness and Liberal Democratic Solidarity; 3 Philip Rieff's "Jew of Culture" and the Ends of Higher Education in America; 4 Reading a Book like an Object: The Case of The Jewish Catalog; Part II: Art, Literature, Culture; 5 Beyond the Chasm; 6 Celan's Holocaust; 7 Aura and the "Spiritual in Art" in the Age of Digital Reproduction; Part III: Theology and Culture; 8 A Personal Partnership With God; 9 "An Ethic of Suffering"; 10 Intersubjectivity Meets Maternity ; 11 Authenticity, Vision, CulturePostscript; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Thinking Jewish Culture in America argues that Jewish thought extends our awareness and deepens the complexity of American Jewish culture. This volume stretches the disciplinary boundaries of Jewish thought so that it can productively engage expanding arenas of culture by drawing Jewish thought into the orbit of cultural studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thinking Jewish culture in America
• ISBN: 0-7391-7447-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790829003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Graven images (Lanham, Md.)