Social groups: religious groups and communities Books
MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Art and Artists of the Fifth Zionist Congres
Book SynopsisIlluminating the Jewish art exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901, this study looks at its contributions to art and Jewish history and culture. Cultural Zionism was for the first time included into the official agenda, an important step for the politics of Zionism.
£36.51
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Turkish Islam and the Secular State The G252len
Book SynopsisThis work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.
£19.76
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Contemporary Sephardic Identity in the Americas
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of the Sephardic presence in North and South America through eleven essays discussing culture, history, literature, language, religion and music.
£30.56
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Imperial Citizen
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£22.46
John Wiley & Sons Arabs and the Art of Storytelling
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£22.46
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Women Islam and Identity Public Life in Private
Book SynopsisThis pioneering ethnographic work centres on the dynamics of female authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of women religious leaders, known as otinchalar, and the ways in which they exert a powerful influence in the religious life of the community.
£35.06
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Travels in Translation
Book SynopsisAnalyses the emergence of modern Hebrew literature after 1780, a time when Jews were moving beyond their conventional Torah- and Zion-centred worldview. Taking a fresh look at the origins of modern Jewish literature, Frieden launches a new approach to literary studies, one that lies at the intersection of translation studies and travel writing.Trade ReviewFrieden cogently traces the path of making Hebrew a viable living language to a coterie of writers who preceded Mendele by half a century.""—Ruth Adler, professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature at Baruch College""The stakes, the scope, and the thrust of this book are exemplary, explaining how travel literature exemplifies the acts of cultural transfer that are so much at the heart of Jewish literary modernity. . . . Frieden lays out in admirably clear detail the linguistic pieces of the puzzle.""—Jeremy Dauber, director of the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University
£22.46
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Literary Hasidism The Life and Works of Michael
Book SynopsisMichael Levi Rodkinson is today frequently referred to as a minor Hasidic author and publisher, a characterization based on the criticism of his opponents rather than on his writings. In Literary Hasidism, Meir draws on those writings and their reception to present a completely different picture of this colourful and influential writer.Trade ReviewJonatan Meir portrays the career of one of the most ambivalent characters of the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, Michael Levi Rodkinson, and his move from the propagation of popular Hasidism to his more grandiose attempts to reframe and restructure the entire Jewish canon. This look into the world of the late nineteenthcentury Jewish Enlightenment will be an eye-opener.""—Pinchas Giller, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University""Meir has taken the relatively neglected figure of Rodkinson and created a detailed and fascinating portrait. He ably demonstrates that the boundaries between Hasidism and Haskalah were frequently crossed, and this markedly improves our understanding of the dynamics of Jewish intellectual history in the crucial period of the late nineteenth century.""—Ira Robinson, Concordia University
£44.96
John Wiley & Sons What Still Alive
Book SynopsisOffers a powerful and deeply affecting examination of the complex memories of Jewish survivors returning to their homes in Poland after the Holocaust. “What! Still Alive?!,” Rice investigates the transformation of survivors' memories from the first account after their initial return to Poland and later accounts, recorded at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
£44.96
Syracuse University Press Jewish Libya Memory and Identity in Text and
Book SynopsisIn June 2017, the Jews of Libya commemorated the jubilee of their exodus from this North African land in 1967, which began with a mass migration to Israel in 1948-49. Jewish Libya collects the work of scholars who explore the community's history, its literature and dialect, topography and cuisine, and the difficult negotiation of trauma and memory.
£19.76
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Between Persecution and Participation
Book SynopsisA story of the impossible choices of vulnerable individuals living under the Third Reich and the blurred boundaries between victim, bystander, and accomplice.Trade ReviewThe authors have brought to light a fascinating subject, which, to my knowledge, has not been treated elsewhere, namely the story of a racially determined but not identifying Jew who became caught up in the Nazi death machine.""—Michael A. Meyer, author of Jewish Identity in the Modern World""A compelling read, and Milbouer’s translation does an excellent job of creating an English-language text that will capture the attention of a wide group of readers.""—Jonathan Hess, author of Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity""Willy Wiemokli’s journey through German history in the twentieth century is at the core of this compact and fascinating volume. His story is not one of heroism, but rather one of precarious existence, ethical compromise, and survival.""—Alan E. Steinweis, University of Vermont
£15.26
John Wiley & Sons Fine Meshwork Philip Roth Edna OBrien and
Book SynopsisSince the publication of their first controversial novels in the 1950s and 1960s, Philip Roth and Edna O'Brien have always argued against the isolation of mind from body, autobiography from fiction, life from art, and self from nation. In this book Dan O'Brien investigates these shared concerns of the two authors.Trade ReviewExceptional, original . . . O’Brien takes on a fascinating topic about which very little has been written and, in so doing, makes a valuable contribution to the growing corpus of books in the emergent field of Irish-Jewish studies. O'Brien's Fine Meshwork interlaces intricately the works, lives and preoccupations of two (variously) misunderstood contemporary writers so as to ask questions that go beyond considerations of nation and biography. O'Brien's carefully and playfully written study, with its bold thesis of flirtatious intertextuality, will do much to advance their cause, while offering new and exciting frameworks against which to consider Irish and Jewish-American literature both as separate entities and in relation to transnational and transatlantic studies.
£52.20
Syracuse University Press Borderland Generation Soviet and Polish Jews
Book SynopsisTraces the prewar and wartime experiences of young adult Jews raised under distinct political and social systems. Each cohort harnessed the knowledge and skills attained during their formative years to seek survival during the Holocaust through narrow windows of chance.Trade ReviewThis magnificent book shows in a vivid narrative what it meant to live in the Polish and Soviet states as young Jews, and how that generation’s response to Nazi rule derived from prewar identities and behavioral patterns—remaining mostly distinct as Jews, or adapting to non-Jewish society. Borderland Generation masterfully weaves Jewish voices into a history grounded in archival documentation to reveal a multifaceted and layered understanding of the experiences of two Jewish communities located on either side of the Poland-Belorussian border region.”
£30.56
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Hakibbutz Haartzi Mapam and the Demise of the
Book SynopsisIsrael's 1977 political election resulted in a dramatic defeat for the ruling Labor movement. The government passed into the hands of the rightwing nationalist movement. Elmaliach chronicles the fascinating story of Israel's political transformation between the 1950s and the 1970s, exploring the roots of the Labor movement's historic collapse.Trade ReviewA genuine contribution to the development and expansion of research on the evolution of the Israeli political system and the ways in which the deep processes of Israeli life should be understood.
£26.06
Syracuse University Press The Ants Gift
Book SynopsisShahrokh Meskoob was one of Iran's leading intellectuals and a preeminent scholar of Persian literary traditions, language, and cultural identity. In The Ant's Gift, Meskoob applies his insight and considerable analytical skills to the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran completed in 1010 by the poet Abul-Qusem Ferdowsi.
£19.76
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Understanding Hezbollah
Book SynopsisHezbollah’s influence in military issues is well known, but its role in shaping cultural and political activities has not received enough attention. Kanaaneh sheds new light on the organisation's successful evolution as a counterhegemonic force in the region's resistance movement, known as ""Maqawama"".
£23.36
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Sayyid Qutb An Intellectual Biography
Book SynopsisNo Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb abandoned literature in the 1950s in favour of Islamism. This book offers a fresh perspective on Qutb's life that examines his Islamist commitment as a continuation of his literary project.
£26.06
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Sayyid Qutb
Book SynopsisNo Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb abandoned literature in the 1950s in favour of Islamism. This book offers a fresh perspective on Qutb's life that examines his Islamist commitment as a continuation of his literary project.
£56.95
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Jewish Women in Comics
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish women’s comics to explore the representation of Jewish women’s bodies and bodily experience in pictorial narratives.
£63.75
MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Musical Tradition of the Eastern European Sy
Book SynopsisThis six-book set, is to date the most comprehensive annotated anthology of the authentic musical liturgy of the Eastern European synagogue Sabbath day services. Encyclopedic in scope, the thoroughness of its coverage is unprecedented.
£256.00
John Wiley & Sons Jewish Women in Comics Bodies and Borders
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish women’s comics to explore the representation of Jewish women’s bodies and bodily experience in pictorial narratives.
£30.56
MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid
Book SynopsisIn this book Dr Anis Obeid, a Druze layman, provides a penetrating analysis of Druze scriptures and beliefs (Tawhid). Presenting a chronological narrative of the foundation and development of the faith, he explains the historical conditions and religious rationale behind this closed religion.Trade ReviewObeid’s work will receive deep appreciation and high readership by the majority of Druze in the West and other immigrants of Middle Eastern origins." - Intisar Azzam, author of Change for Continuity"This book is above all a plea directed to all Druze, East and West, to take up the task of fundamental reform....The work’s eight chapters are accompanied by an excellent bibliography." - Choice
£22.46
University of Minnesota Press Between Feminism and Islam Human Rights and
Book SynopsisHow feminists and Islamists have constituted each other’s agendas in MoroccoTrade Review"Between Feminism and Islam challenges the common assumption in the media and the academy that Islamism and feminism are quintessentially opposed ideologies. Through a careful sociological and ethnographic account of Moroccan feminist and Islamist women’s organizations, Zakia Salime shows how the two have transformed each other through decades of activism, debate, and engagement. This is an indispensable book for sociologists of gender, religion, politics, feminism, the Middle East, and Islam." —Saba Mahmood, author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject"This balanced and informative analysis of the decades long entanglements between secular feminists and Islamist women activists in Morocco is a radical departure from conventional understandings of a polarized political scene. Salime reveals how political actors have responded to and learned from each other, changing strategies, ideologies, and visions, putting the debates and practices of women activists in dynamic historical time and changing world contexts, including the war on terror." —Lila Abu-Lughod, author of Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle EastTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Struggles over Political Power: Entangled Feminist and Islamist Movements1. Gender and the Nation State: Family Law, Scholars, Activists, and Dissidents2. Feminization of the Islamist Movements: The One Million Signature Campaign3. Reversing the Feminist Gains: The Islamist Mass Rally of 2000 4. Feminism and Islamism Redefined: In Light of the 2003 Terror Attack on Casablanca5. Subversive Veiling: Beyond the Binary of the Secular and the ReligiousNotes GlossaryBibliographyIndex
£17.99
University of Minnesota Press The Suburban Church
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Gretchen Buggeln’s The Suburban Church beautifully recovers the life and cultural significance of a post-1945 American regional architecture so ubiquitous we’ve hardly noticed it. Focused on the prodigious output of three prominent Midwest architects, The Suburban Church pops their sanctuaries into view so forcefully that readers will never drive by again without stopping—a transforming and deft cultural reconstruction."—Jon Butler, Yale University"There’s value in [Buggeln’s] documentation, especially as many of those involved in building the churches have passed away. It’s no small compliment to say that her enthusiasm for the individuals in this movement is winning."—TheNew Republic"Intended for graduate students and their professors, the book might nonetheless gain some attention from pastors and those appointed to building committees."—Catholic Library World"Buggeln’s thorough study of the suburban American church is a great read, full of detail delivered through superb architectural historical story-telling."—Art and Christianity"A fascinating account of the philosophical and practical origins of these churches and a paean to the vibrant communities that built and used them."—Marginalia "Preservationists, church members, historians, and students of suburbs should all rely on this essential work."—David R. Bains, The Annals of Iowa"This is an excellent and detailed account of the postwar growth in Protestant church building and architecture in the Midwest. A passionate story."—Journal of American Culture"Buggeln's well-written, engaging, and detailed text will be of great use to historians of architecture, as well as religion. She has conducted exhaustive research from a wide variety of sources including church memorabilia and records, oral histories, architectural drawings, and contemporary newspapers and periodicals, in addition to the essential secondary texts."—Buildings & LandscapesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. New Times, New Architecture: Making a Place for Religion in Postwar Suburbia1. The Modern Church Movement2. The “Form-Givers” of Suburban Religion: Three Midwestern Architects3. From Dream to Dedication: The Shared Work of Church Building4. The A-frame Church: Symbol of an Era5. The Suburban Sanctuary: A House for the Worshipping Community6. Living and Learning as a Suburban Church Family: Modern Spaces for Education and Fellowship7. Religion, Architecture, and Community in the Celebrated Suburb of Park Forest, Illinois8. The Afterlife of the Postwar Suburban ChurchAppendix A: National Council of Churches of Christ List of Eighteen “Outstanding” New Churches, 1956Appendix B: Statement on Architecture and the Church, International Conference on Architecture and the Church, Bossy, Switzerland, 1959Appendix C: Working List of Stade Churches and Religious BuildingsAppendix D: List of Dart ChurchesAppendix E: List of Sovik Churches 1949-70NotesSources for ResearchIndex
£28.80
University of Minnesota Press Elusive Jannah The Somali Diaspora and a
Book SynopsisElusive Jannah is a remarkable portrait of the very different experiences of Somali migrants in the UAE, South Africa, and the United States. Cawo M. Abdi clearly reveals the importance of immigration policies in the migrant experience.Trade Review"This is a powerful and beautiful ethnography of members of the Somali Diaspora dealing with the opportunities and disadvantages of life in three points of settlement. Cawo M. Abdi gets very close to the subjects and depicts their outlooks, strategies, and trials in a convincing and rich manner."—Steven J. Gold, Michigan State University"Elusive Jannah provides a fascinating window into the identities, strategies, and struggles of Somalis in three very different national contexts. Based on ethnographic research in the United States, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates, this is an engaging, well-written, and welcome addition to the comparative study of international migration."—Nancy Foner, coauthor of Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe"The book remains a valuable contribution to studies of international migration and it is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in Somalia and its diaspora."—African Affairs"The multiplicity of experiences and diverse contexts highlighted by Cawo drive home the complexities of diasporic lives,making this book an important resource for both area and diaspora studies."—International Migration Review"Elusive Jannah offers depth and breadth to the literature on Somali diaspora groups and more generally to studies of international migration and migrant incorporation and belonging. It deserves to be widely read for its beautiful ethnography and insightful analysis of belonging and mobility in an age of stratified globalization and migration."—American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Muslim African Refugees and Border Politics1. The Genesis of Contemporary Somali Migrations2. United Arab Emirates: Partial Belonging and Temporary Visas3. South Africa: Insecurity in Racialized Spaces4. United States: Slippery Jannah?Conclusion: Muslim African Refugees in Perpetual PassageNotesIndex
£19.94
The University of Alabama Press The Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux Assimilation and Emancipation in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France Judaic Studies
Book SynopsisDescribing the tensions that existed between the Sephardic community of Bordeaux and the Ashkenazic Jews of France, the author also depicts their role in the relation of the Jews with Napoleon and the forming of the Grand Sanhedrin.Trade ReviewMalino's work is a welcome addition.... [She] describes very clearly the tensions that existed between the Sephardic community of Bordeaux and the Ashkenazic Jews of France [and] clearly depicts their role in the relation of the Jews with Napoleon and the forming of the Grand Sanhedrin. - Choice; ""Malino writes... in such a fashion that the whole transit of Jews to modernity is illumined."" - Christian Century; ""Malino's book is valuable to students of both the early state and Jewish history."" - American Historical Review
£23.36
The University of Alabama Press Nahum Goldmann His Missions to the Gentiles
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNahum Goldmann, Zionist leader, diplomat, the founder of the World Jewish Congress and its president for many years, enjoyed one of the most disputed reputations in Zionist circles.... [in this book], Goldmann emerges as an interesting personality, a bon-vivant, a brilliant conversationalist, and a most gifted diplomat. - Jewish Quarterly Review; ""Recommended to all who are interested in exploring the life of one of the most interesting Jews of the century."" - Choice
£30.56
The University of Alabama Press The Quiet Voices Southern Rabbis and Black Civil Rights 1880s to 1990s Judaic Studies
Trade ReviewJews have long been in the vanguard of the struggle for civil liberties in America. But as this excellent new collection demonstrates, the American Jewish community's reaction to the black civil rights movement was less enthusiastic than many may realize or be willing to accept.... Many of the most provocative points concern northern Jewish ambivalence toward African-Americans and integration.... A carefully crafted and subtle collection that will interest scholars of American Jewish history, black-Jewish relations, and the American civil rights movement. - AJS Review ""This collection is organized around a familiar yet still unsettled question: did Jews in the South resist white supremacy? If so, did they act out of narrow self-interest or a larger humanitarian vision? Was Jewish opposition to white racism the result of a few individuals who happened to be Jews, or a prophetic mission on the part of Jews as a group? The book... offers a more specific and grounded understanding of what life was like for southern rabbis caught between the caution and conservatism of their congregations and the moral imperatives of their faith. In doing so, the book allows us to reposition the question from whether a black-Jewish coalition was genuine or mythical, to how activities of rabbis contributed to changing the racial situation in the South. There [is] a wealth of useful and thought provoking material in these pages."" - Journal of Southern History
£33.11
The University of Alabama Press Once They Had a Country Two Teenage Refugees in the Second World War
£19.76
Ohio University Press Amy Levy
Book SynopsisAmy Levy has risen to prominence in recent years as one of the most innovative and perplexing writers of her generation.Trade Review“This is a collection that will vastly enhance our understanding of Victorian culture, the nuances of Anglo-Jewish identity, the struggles of Victorian feminism, and the singular achievement of a writer whose complexity is finally coming into focus.”“This splendid collection of essays will contribute to the ongoing reassessment of Amy Levy as a complex and challenging writer…. (A) rich and complex portrait of a writer who … might just be representative rather than marginal, and who certainly complicated her own meditation on what it means to be a minor writer.” * Victorian Studies *“Thoughtful in selection and rigorous in scholarship, this volume introduces new readers to Levy’s life and works, refines and expands on the major themes of extant criticism, and considers entirely new ways of analyzing Levy’s work…. Amy Levy: Critical Essays is a powerful argument for the value of Amy Levy to our understanding of late Victorian literature.” * Nineteenth Century Gender Studies *“Collectively, these essays demonstrate that Levy was fully engaged in dominant discourses around politics, feminism, aesthetics and Jewish identity of her day. For undergraduates and advanced scholars of Levy's work and historical moment, therefore, this volume will prove an invaluable resource.” * New Books on Literature 19 *“Eschewing tragic readings of Levy’s life—she committed suicide at 28—these uniformly strong essays locate Levy in such contexts as late-Victorian feminism, discourses of female professionalism, and evengelicalism. The essays cover the full range of Levy’s work…. Highly recommended.” * Choice *“A great strength of this volume, and the reason why it deserves to find an audience beyond scholars who specialize in Levy’s work, is the care the contributors take to bring the broader historical context into their discussion.” * Shofar Book Reviews *
£56.10
Ohio University Press Amy Levy
Book SynopsisAmy Levy has risen to prominence in recent years as one of the most innovative and perplexing writers of her generation.Trade Review“This is a collection that will vastly enhance our understanding of Victorian culture, the nuances of Anglo-Jewish identity, the struggles of Victorian feminism, and the singular achievement of a writer whose complexity is finally coming into focus.”“This splendid collection of essays will contribute to the ongoing reassessment of Amy Levy as a complex and challenging writer…. (A) rich and complex portrait of a writer who … might just be representative rather than marginal, and who certainly complicated her own meditation on what it means to be a minor writer.” * Victorian Studies *“Thoughtful in selection and rigorous in scholarship, this volume introduces new readers to Levy’s life and works, refines and expands on the major themes of extant criticism, and considers entirely new ways of analyzing Levy’s work…. Amy Levy: Critical Essays is a powerful argument for the value of Amy Levy to our understanding of late Victorian literature.” * Nineteenth Century Gender Studies *“Collectively, these essays demonstrate that Levy was fully engaged in dominant discourses around politics, feminism, aesthetics and Jewish identity of her day. For undergraduates and advanced scholars of Levy's work and historical moment, therefore, this volume will prove an invaluable resource.” * New Books on Literature 19 *“Eschewing tragic readings of Levy’s life—she committed suicide at 28—these uniformly strong essays locate Levy in such contexts as late-Victorian feminism, discourses of female professionalism, and evengelicalism. The essays cover the full range of Levy’s work…. Highly recommended.” * Choice *“A great strength of this volume, and the reason why it deserves to find an audience beyond scholars who specialize in Levy’s work, is the care the contributors take to bring the broader historical context into their discussion.” * Shofar Book Reviews *
£21.59
Ohio University Press Christianity and Public Culture in Africa
Book SynopsisChristianity and Public Culture in Africa takes readers beyond familiar images of religious politicians and populations steeped in spirituality.Trade Review“(Christianity and Public Culture) is a timely and engaging contribution to an important and growing debate on religion’s role in public life, offering a range of fascinating perspectives.” * The Journal of Modern African Studies *“With its emphasis on the public and its well-rounded survey of Christian groups throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Christianity and Public Culture in Africa serves as a valuable contribution to the study of religion in Africa. Each of the ten essays provides an ethnographically and historically vivid overview of a discrete study, and the strength of this work rests on how these scholars' research combines to offer readers new and comprehensive insights into Christianity across sub-Saharan Africa. Scholars of religion and culture in Africa should consider this work essential reading.” * H-Net (H-SAfrica) *“The first myth that (Christianity and Public Culture) scotches is that these churches (African Pentecostal) are all alike. The second myth it debunks is that these churches are under the control of the Americans. The third myth also dispatched is that African Pentecostal churches are politically quietest. Englund’s opening chapter is an excellent account of the diversity of Pentecostalism in Africa, highlighting not only denominational diversity but also differing social and public roles.” * Journal of Church and State *“In their rich empirical work on the multiple ways in which Christians make religion public, the authors particularly highlight the mediating practices of religions, such as the use of books and radio, and agricultural and reproductive techniques.” * Journal of African History *“All in all, this study is a creative and inspiring work that should be read by researchers interested in new directions in the study of African Christianity.” * African Studies Quarterly *“(Christianity and Public Culture in Africa) clearly is a valuable resource for everyone with a scholarly interest in Christianity in contemporary Africa.” * International Bulletin of Missionary Research *This collection advances new ways of thinking about the social and political implications of religion.... The volume will be of significant interest to policymakers and to religious and secular NGOs across the African continent. * author of African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism and the Rise of a Zimbabwean Transnational Religious Movement *
£25.19
Duke University Press In the Name of Osama Bin Laden
Book SynopsisPresents a dramatic portrait of the wanted terrorist and his extensive brotherhood. This title details how bin Laden became an international emblem of fundamentalist, pan-Islamic, anti-US fervour and the leader of a brotherhood so passionate that devotees who have never met him will act autonomously in his name.Trade Review“This latest entry into the Osama bin Laden publishing sweepstakes stands out for its exhaustive research and prescience . . . . While the story has been told elsewhere, Jacquard brings new details. He’s particularly provocative on bin Laden’s travels during the early 1990s, arguing that he returned to Afghanistan only after quarreling with the Sudanese government. He also effectively details the tentacles of al-Qaeda throughout the world, putting together the most comprehensive description of a broad network in Europe and throughout Asia. Documents translated from Arabic and French give additional evidence and background. . . . [A] balanced, sweeping description of the bin Laden threat.” - Publishers Weekly“Jacquard gives us both a compelling biography of the terrorist leader and a glimpse into the way his network is run. The book, which was originally published in France the same week as the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania attacks, was revised and expanded to take the attacks into account before it was published in the United States. What it provides is a picture of a dangerous, arrogant man with the money and the mind to accomplish horrifying feats.” - Anne Wagner, National Journal“As one of several recent works on Osama bin Laden, Jacquard’s provides the deeper examination of the worldwide structure of Islamic fundamentalism and its associated terrorism. . . . An appendix consisting of 40 documents brings a chilling reality to the narrative. For all libraries.” - Library Journal“A detailed account of groups connected to bin Laden . . . . This excellent journalistic overview for specialists, students, and general readers includes an appendix of 40 documents in English and Arabic.” - R. H. Dekmejian, Choice"The general public, government officials, police departments, other security agencies, diplomats, scholars, and others could learn a lot from this page-turner. Jacquard brings the reader into the murky and menacing three-dimensional-chess world of international terrorists and their hunters. . . . [A]n excellent attempt at explaining a very dangerous, complex, and influential group of people." - Paul Sullivan, Al Jadid*“Bin Laden’s genesis and genius are all chronicled in Jacquard’s sweeping account of the Saudi born terrorist and his brotherhood. The book rightfully brings into focus the role of modern media, especially satellite TV and the Internet, in bin Laden’s cunning wager that he could defeat the U.S. as a world power. A chilling read, a must read for all who continue to grapple with the twin legacy of hatred and hope from September 11.”—Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence“A detailed account of groups connected to bin Laden . . . . This excellent journalistic overview for specialists, students, and general readers includes an appendix of 40 documents in English and Arabic.” -- R. H. Dekmejian * Choice *“As one of several recent works on Osama bin Laden, Jacquard’s provides the deeper examination of the worldwide structure of Islamic fundamentalism and its associated terrorism. . . . An appendix consisting of 40 documents brings a chilling reality to the narrative. For all libraries.” * Library Journal *“Jacquard gives us both a compelling biography of the terrorist leader and a glimpse into the way his network is run. The book, which was originally published in France the same week as the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania attacks, was revised and expanded to take the attacks into account before it was published in the United States. What it provides is a picture of a dangerous, arrogant man with the money and the mind to accomplish horrifying feats.” -- Anne Wagner * National Journal *“This latest entry into the Osama bin Laden publishing sweepstakes stands out for its exhaustive research and prescience . . . . While the story has been told elsewhere, Jacquard brings new details. He’s particularly provocative on bin Laden’s travels during the early 1990s, arguing that he returned to Afghanistan only after quarreling with the Sudanese government. He also effectively details the tentacles of al-Qaeda throughout the world, putting together the most comprehensive description of a broad network in Europe and throughout Asia. Documents translated from Arabic and French give additional evidence and background. . . . [A] balanced, sweeping description of the bin Laden threat.” * Publishers Weekly *"The general public, government officials, police departments, other security agencies, diplomats, scholars, and others could learn a lot from this page-turner. Jacquard brings the reader into the murky and menacing three-dimensional-chess world of international terrorists and their hunters. . . . [A]n excellent attempt at explaining a very dangerous, complex, and influential group of people." -- Paul Sullivan * Al Jadid *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction / Samia Serageldin 1 1 A Young Man from a Good Family 11 2 From Riyadh to Peshawar 20 3 Exile in the Sudan 27 4 Among the Taliban 37 5 The Islamic Legion 54 6 The Anti-American Crusade 73 7 Target: Bin Laden 86 8 Osama bin Laden Confronts the Arab World 93 9 The Bin Laden Brotherhood 99 10 Asian Fever 118 11 The Bin Laden Network's Billions 126 12 Drugs and Terrorism 135 13 Jihad's New Weapons 142 Epilogue 158 Afterward / Samia Serageldin 160 Appendix 167 Glossary 274 Notes 276 Index 289
£98.60
Duke University Press In the Name of Osama Bin Laden
Book SynopsisDetails how bin Laden became an international emblem of fundamentalist, pan-Islamic, anti-US fervour and the leader of a brotherhood. This title explains the global character of bin Laden's organisation, elaborating the extent of his sphere of influence in Europe and Asia.Trade Review“This latest entry into the Osama bin Laden publishing sweepstakes stands out for its exhaustive research and prescience . . . . While the story has been told elsewhere, Jacquard brings new details. He’s particularly provocative on bin Laden’s travels during the early 1990s, arguing that he returned to Afghanistan only after quarreling with the Sudanese government. He also effectively details the tentacles of al-Qaeda throughout the world, putting together the most comprehensive description of a broad network in Europe and throughout Asia. Documents translated from Arabic and French give additional evidence and background. . . . [A] balanced, sweeping description of the bin Laden threat.” - Publishers Weekly“Jacquard gives us both a compelling biography of the terrorist leader and a glimpse into the way his network is run. The book, which was originally published in France the same week as the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania attacks, was revised and expanded to take the attacks into account before it was published in the United States. What it provides is a picture of a dangerous, arrogant man with the money and the mind to accomplish horrifying feats.” - Anne Wagner, National Journal“As one of several recent works on Osama bin Laden, Jacquard’s provides the deeper examination of the worldwide structure of Islamic fundamentalism and its associated terrorism. . . . An appendix consisting of 40 documents brings a chilling reality to the narrative. For all libraries.” - Library Journal“A detailed account of groups connected to bin Laden . . . . This excellent journalistic overview for specialists, students, and general readers includes an appendix of 40 documents in English and Arabic.” - R. H. Dekmejian, Choice"The general public, government officials, police departments, other security agencies, diplomats, scholars, and others could learn a lot from this page-turner. Jacquard brings the reader into the murky and menacing three-dimensional-chess world of international terrorists and their hunters. . . . [A]n excellent attempt at explaining a very dangerous, complex, and influential group of people." - Paul Sullivan, Al Jadid*“Bin Laden’s genesis and genius are all chronicled in Jacquard’s sweeping account of the Saudi born terrorist and his brotherhood. The book rightfully brings into focus the role of modern media, especially satellite TV and the Internet, in bin Laden’s cunning wager that he could defeat the U.S. as a world power. A chilling read, a must read for all who continue to grapple with the twin legacy of hatred and hope from September 11.”—Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence“A detailed account of groups connected to bin Laden . . . . This excellent journalistic overview for specialists, students, and general readers includes an appendix of 40 documents in English and Arabic.” -- R. H. Dekmejian * Choice *“As one of several recent works on Osama bin Laden, Jacquard’s provides the deeper examination of the worldwide structure of Islamic fundamentalism and its associated terrorism. . . . An appendix consisting of 40 documents brings a chilling reality to the narrative. For all libraries.” * Library Journal *“Jacquard gives us both a compelling biography of the terrorist leader and a glimpse into the way his network is run. The book, which was originally published in France the same week as the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania attacks, was revised and expanded to take the attacks into account before it was published in the United States. What it provides is a picture of a dangerous, arrogant man with the money and the mind to accomplish horrifying feats.” -- Anne Wagner * National Journal *“This latest entry into the Osama bin Laden publishing sweepstakes stands out for its exhaustive research and prescience . . . . While the story has been told elsewhere, Jacquard brings new details. He’s particularly provocative on bin Laden’s travels during the early 1990s, arguing that he returned to Afghanistan only after quarreling with the Sudanese government. He also effectively details the tentacles of al-Qaeda throughout the world, putting together the most comprehensive description of a broad network in Europe and throughout Asia. Documents translated from Arabic and French give additional evidence and background. . . . [A] balanced, sweeping description of the bin Laden threat.” * Publishers Weekly *"The general public, government officials, police departments, other security agencies, diplomats, scholars, and others could learn a lot from this page-turner. Jacquard brings the reader into the murky and menacing three-dimensional-chess world of international terrorists and their hunters. . . . [A]n excellent attempt at explaining a very dangerous, complex, and influential group of people." -- Paul Sullivan * Al Jadid *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction / Samia Serageldin 1 1 A Young Man from a Good Family 11 2 From Riyadh to Peshawar 20 3 Exile in the Sudan 27 4 Among the Taliban 37 5 The Islamic Legion 54 6 The Anti-American Crusade 73 7 Target: Bin Laden 86 8 Osama bin Laden Confronts the Arab World 93 9 The Bin Laden Brotherhood 99 10 Asian Fever 118 11 The Bin Laden Network's Billions 126 12 Drugs and Terrorism 135 13 Jihad's New Weapons 142 Epilogue 158 Afterward / Samia Serageldin 160 Appendix 167 Glossary 274 Notes 276 Index 289
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Duke University Press A Jewish Family in Germany Today An Intimate
Book SynopsisShares the life experiences of the children of 4 siblings who out of eight siblings, parents and grandparents, survived the Holocaust. It explores the ways in which these children from the same socio-cultural background have built diverse lives in GermanTrade Review“The lives of the Kalman family provide the perfect palette from which to understand the conflicts and the compromises and commitments that Jews have had to make to live not only in Germany but in the modern world.”—Sander L. Gilman, author of Jewish Frontiers: Essays on Bodies, Histories, and Identities“These interviews are valuable and frank documents. The experiences of the Kalman family are representative of many Jewish families in the period 1945–2000. Y. Michal Bodemann’s astute questions and obvious intimate acquaintance with the family bring out the problematic aspects of being Jewish in Germany today. He deals not only with questions of anti-Semitism but also with the secularization process of German Jews.”—Jack Zipes, coeditor of Unlikely History: The Changing German–Jewish Symbiosis, 1945–2000“Why did Jews choose to live in postwar Germany? Most scholars have looked for answers to this question in the official institutional history. Y. Michal Bodemann turns our view to the private sphere and thus reveals for the first time a more intimate and at the same time more complex picture of the German Jewish community as mirrored by one family.”—Michael Brenner, author of After the Holocaust: Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Postwar GermanyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction: Contemporary German Jewish Life through One Family 1 Prologue: Rita Volkov, Great Aunt in Toronto 37 Part 1. Albert's Family Berthold and His Father 45 Working in the Kalmans' Firm 71 Berthold in His Life 79 Eva, Swiss Mentality, Polish Company 91 Ronnie, in and out of His Father's Shadow 108 Salek, Nordau's Jew 119 Esther, the Zionist Pioneer in Our Family 132 Gabriel, Postmodern Jew 156 Part 2. Ignaz and Dina Ignaz, Dina's Father 179 Dina, from Germany to Israel and Back 187 Johannes Rautenstrauch, A Goy in the House 218 Part 3. Jerry Guterman Jerry and the Fossils 233 Part 4. Jurek's Family Jurek, Benjamin and His Brothers 249 Jonny, a Career in Israel 256 Lilian, Staying at Home 261 Motti, the Sculptor-Rememberer 268 Glossary 279
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Duke University Press The Robert Bellah Reader
Book SynopsisA collection of twenty-eight of the seminal essays of Robert N. Bellah, a visionary leader in the social study of religion and lead author of the bestselling Habits of the Heart.Trade Review“I believe that Robert Bellah is one of the more incisive religious commentators we’ve had on the American scene in recent times. Drawing on an astounding range of literatures, he has helped us see what otherwise might not be seen. At once sociological theorist, social critic, and serious religious thinker, Bellah has blazed new trails for helping establish work in several disciplines. We are therefore extremely fortunate to have this superb collection of his work as otherwise the interconnectedness of all that Bellah has done might be lost.”—Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University“Is it true, as some claim, that the more modern a society, the weaker our sense of the sacred? Does a sense of the sacred somehow ‘liquefy,’ as Habermas suggests, as society grows ever more ‘rational’? In this collection of brilliant and bold meditations on the works of Durkheim, Weber, Rousseau, Goffman, and others, Robert Bellah arrives at his own nuanced answers. An important and enlightening read.”—Arlie Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley“No other scholar has had a more profound influence on my thinking than Robert Bellah. His has been a strong and challenging voice in the continuing debate about modernity’s effects on America and on the human condition. Having these important essays collected in a single volume is a valuable service. My hope is that the next generation of students and scholars will savor these essays and learn from them what it means to engage in critical reflection about the deepest quandaries of our time.”—Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University“Robert Bellah is without question one of the leaders in the senior generation of sociologists of religion. He embodies informed spiritual inquiry and a mentality I would call ‘expansively catholic’ in the sense of ‘penetrating the dimensions of being.’ He also has a protestant outlook, manifesting an ability to be critical of entities and scholarly works he affirms.”—Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago“The Robert Bellah Reader brings together in a single text a selection of the writings of a thought-provoking scholar whose writings on the social study of religion currently span 55 years and over 250 items. . . . The Robert Bellah Reader constantly provokes the reader into a reflective mode that stimulates new ways of thinking about our contemporary situation,” -- Kay Adamson * Sociology *“The Robert Bellah Reader demonstrates what a serious scholar can accomplish when he perceives a disciplinary identity as secondary to the pursuits of knowledge and of understanding one’s culture and society.” -- Richard C. Collins * Virginia Quarterly Review *“The Robert Bellah Reader is a gift to readers, offering a generous view of the scholar behind the ideas. We meet a wide-ranging thinker whose work addresses social science, historical social change, and what was once called ‘moral philosophy.’” -- D. Michael Lindsay * Commonweal *“Bellah is truly one of today’s most powerful commentators on the social, cultural and religious meaning of modernity, in America and elsewhere. . . . The Robert Bellah Reader is a collection of twenty-eight of Bellah’s most stimulating essays. . . . [I]t is not the breadth of Bellah’s work that is so impressive; it is rather the depth. No one can read Bellah extensively without feeling privileged to read the work of a true scholar, one who is able to combine vast learning with graceful writing.” -- Derek H. Davis * Journal of Law and Religion *Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 I. Comparative and Theoretical 19 1. Religious Evolution 23 2. The Five Religions of Modern Italy 51 3. To Kill and Survive or to Die and Become 81 4. Stories as Arrows: The Religious Response to Modernity 107 5. Max Weber and World-Denying Love 123 6. Durkheim and Ritual 150 7 Rousseau on Society and the Individual 181 8. The History of Habit 203 II. American Religion 221 9. Civil Religion in America 225 10. Religion and the Legitimation of the American Republic 246 11. The New Religious Consciousness and the Crisis of Modernity 265 12. The Kingdom of God in America: Language of Faith, Language of Nation, Language of Empire 285 13. Citizenship, Diversity, and the Search for the Common Good 303 14. Is There a Common American Culture? 319 15. Flaws in the Protestant Code: Theological Roots of American Individualism 333 16. The New American Empire 350 17. God and King 357 III. University and Society 18. The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry 381 19. Class Wars and Culture Wars in the University Today 402 20. Freedom, Coercion, and Authority 410 21. The True Scholar 421 22. Education for Justice and the Common Good 434 IV. Sociology and Theology 451 23. On Being Catholic and American 457 24. Religious Pluralism and Religious Truth 474 25. Texts, Sacred and Profane 490 26. Epiphany: “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit” 504 27. Pentecost: “Beginning in the End of Times” 510 28. All Souls Day: “The Living and the Dead in Communion” 515 Bibliography of Words by Robert N. Bellah 523 Index 542
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Duke University Press The Robert Bellah Reader
Book SynopsisA collection of twenty-eight of the seminal essays of Robert N. Bellah, a visionary leader in the social study of religion and lead author of the bestselling Habits of the Heart.Trade Review“I believe that Robert Bellah is one of the more incisive religious commentators we’ve had on the American scene in recent times. Drawing on an astounding range of literatures, he has helped us see what otherwise might not be seen. At once sociological theorist, social critic, and serious religious thinker, Bellah has blazed new trails for helping establish work in several disciplines. We are therefore extremely fortunate to have this superb collection of his work as otherwise the interconnectedness of all that Bellah has done might be lost.”—Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University“Is it true, as some claim, that the more modern a society, the weaker our sense of the sacred? Does a sense of the sacred somehow ‘liquefy,’ as Habermas suggests, as society grows ever more ‘rational’? In this collection of brilliant and bold meditations on the works of Durkheim, Weber, Rousseau, Goffman, and others, Robert Bellah arrives at his own nuanced answers. An important and enlightening read.”—Arlie Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley“No other scholar has had a more profound influence on my thinking than Robert Bellah. His has been a strong and challenging voice in the continuing debate about modernity’s effects on America and on the human condition. Having these important essays collected in a single volume is a valuable service. My hope is that the next generation of students and scholars will savor these essays and learn from them what it means to engage in critical reflection about the deepest quandaries of our time.”—Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University“Robert Bellah is without question one of the leaders in the senior generation of sociologists of religion. He embodies informed spiritual inquiry and a mentality I would call ‘expansively catholic’ in the sense of ‘penetrating the dimensions of being.’ He also has a protestant outlook, manifesting an ability to be critical of entities and scholarly works he affirms.”—Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago“The Robert Bellah Reader brings together in a single text a selection of the writings of a thought-provoking scholar whose writings on the social study of religion currently span 55 years and over 250 items. . . . The Robert Bellah Reader constantly provokes the reader into a reflective mode that stimulates new ways of thinking about our contemporary situation,” -- Kay Adamson * Sociology *“The Robert Bellah Reader demonstrates what a serious scholar can accomplish when he perceives a disciplinary identity as secondary to the pursuits of knowledge and of understanding one’s culture and society.” -- Richard C. Collins * Virginia Quarterly Review *“The Robert Bellah Reader is a gift to readers, offering a generous view of the scholar behind the ideas. We meet a wide-ranging thinker whose work addresses social science, historical social change, and what was once called ‘moral philosophy.’” -- D. Michael Lindsay * Commonweal *“Bellah is truly one of today’s most powerful commentators on the social, cultural and religious meaning of modernity, in America and elsewhere. . . . The Robert Bellah Reader is a collection of twenty-eight of Bellah’s most stimulating essays. . . . [I]t is not the breadth of Bellah’s work that is so impressive; it is rather the depth. No one can read Bellah extensively without feeling privileged to read the work of a true scholar, one who is able to combine vast learning with graceful writing.” -- Derek H. Davis * Journal of Law and Religion *Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 I. Comparative and Theoretical 19 1. Religious Evolution 23 2. The Five Religions of Modern Italy 51 3. To Kill and Survive or to Die and Become 81 4. Stories as Arrows: The Religious Response to Modernity 107 5. Max Weber and World-Denying Love 123 6. Durkheim and Ritual 150 7 Rousseau on Society and the Individual 181 8. The History of Habit 203 II. American Religion 221 9. Civil Religion in America 225 10. Religion and the Legitimation of the American Republic 246 11. The New Religious Consciousness and the Crisis of Modernity 265 12. The Kingdom of God in America: Language of Faith, Language of Nation, Language of Empire 285 13. Citizenship, Diversity, and the Search for the Common Good 303 14. Is There a Common American Culture? 319 15. Flaws in the Protestant Code: Theological Roots of American Individualism 333 16. The New American Empire 350 17. God and King 357 III. University and Society 18. The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry 381 19. Class Wars and Culture Wars in the University Today 402 20. Freedom, Coercion, and Authority 410 21. The True Scholar 421 22. Education for Justice and the Common Good 434 IV. Sociology and Theology 451 23. On Being Catholic and American 457 24. Religious Pluralism and Religious Truth 474 25. Texts, Sacred and Profane 490 26. Epiphany: “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit” 504 27. Pentecost: “Beginning in the End of Times” 510 28. All Souls Day: “The Living and the Dead in Communion” 515 Bibliography of Words by Robert N. Bellah 523 Index 542
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Duke University Press Cuba
Book SynopsisWhen Cuba's centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. This book analysis how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community-development projects.Trade Review“This is one of the best studies on civil society in Cuba that I have read. Adrian H. Hearn combines first-rate ethnography, theoretical sophistication, and a solid understanding of the complexities of the Cuban political context. By focusing on Afro-Cuban religious communities and international NGOs, Hearn shows how the interpenetration of state and citizen action has shaped civil society in Cuba. The result is a fascinating analysis of the ongoing transformations within the Cuban Revolution.”—Ariel C. Armony, Katz Distinguished Associate Professor of Government, Colby College“This volume reveals the complexity of Cuban society through remarkable ethnographic research. Based on years of research in Cuba, the work documents the inner workings of communities that use deeply held religious beliefs to promote development projects aimed at securing basic needs. Through skillful analysis, Adrian H. Hearn reveals the realities of life for ordinary Cubans. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary Cuba, as well as an exemplar for all those interested in how religion and community development can intersect.”—Margaret Crahan, author of Religion, Culture, and Society: The Case of CubaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Structure and Spirit 1 Chapter 1. Spirits in Motion: Folklore and Function 31 Chapter 2. State Decentraliation and the Collaborative Spirit 67 Chapter 3. Sustainable Sovereignty: International NGOs and Civil Society in Cuba 103 Chapter 4. Patriotic Spirits: Religious Welfare Programs and Politics of Syncretism 135 Conclusion: Development and Dialogue 181 Notes 191 References 195 Index 213
£22.49
Duke University Press The Republic Unsettled
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Republic Unsettled is thick, sophisticated thinking, which should unsettle the comfortable certainties of French and American secularism and monoculturalism. . . . Anthropologists like Fernando comprehend the situation most fully, and we owe it to our fellow citizens and our own societies to get the message out as widely and loudly as possible." -- Jack David Eller * Anthropology Review Database *"The Republic Unsettled is invaluable not only for anthropologists and ethnographers but also for scholars wanting to deepen their understanding of how contemporary secularism functions as a theory of politics and society, including through its contradictions, tensions, inconsistencies, anxieties, and instabilities." -- Roshan A. Jahangeer * ReOrient *“By taking the debate away from the well-worn lines of whether or not ‘Muslims’ can be or are ‘integrated’ (in other words, whether or not Muslims are an unsettling presence or not in the republic), and by instead underlining how the republic itself is inherently ‘unsettled’, this book will no doubt rile many French secular republicans and become a key point of reference in future studies of the French Republic, laı¨cite´, and ‘non-normative’ identities.” -- Natalya Vince * French Studies *“The Republic Unsettled is a crucial and stimulating read for any scholar thinking about secularism and secularity, difference politics, contemporary France and Europe, and/or Western liberalism(s) and liberal (in)tolerance. The book (and especially its vivid, emotional, and purposeful introduction) can easily find resonance across a variety of social science, religion, and history disciplines.” -- Carol Ferrara * Journal of Church and State *“That her book ends with a legitimate comparison between William Connolly's notions of critical responsiveness and agonistic respect and the way in which her Muslim French interlocutors think shows that the history of colonization, immigration and the creation of diasporas does not have to lead to a conflict of civilizations or economically reductive globalization but can produce rich and complex hybrids or mouvements aberrants that can genuinely contribute to human progress. What The Republic Unsettled manages to convey is that those who seem marginal to the present could be central to a better future, and that is indeed a very remarkable achievement.” -- Nardina Kaur * Radical Philosophy *“The Republic Unsettled is a dense, but extremely well written book that exposes and 'unsettles,' as the title indicates, secular republicanism by laying bare its numerous inconsistences and paradoxes. … In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, which has issued in an uncritically and self-gratulatory reinvigoration of secular republicanism in France, accompanied by a dramatic increase in anti-Muslim violence, Mayanthi Fernando’s book is more timely and urgent than ever.” -- Jeanette S. Jouili * Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World *"Because Fernando makes a lucid argument based on extended ethnography and sophisticated reading in political theory, The Republic Unsettled will surely be read widely by all those engaged in thinking about the politics of diversity in Europe." -- John R. Bowen * American Ethnologist *"I offer the highest praise for The Republic Unsettled: it is a beautifully written book that readers will be eager to continue discussing long after they finish it." -- Jennifer Fredette * Anthropos *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Field Notes I: "Vive la Republique Plurielle" 29 1. "The Republic Is Mine" 33 2. Indifference, or the Right to Citizenship 69 Field Notes II: Friday Prayers 101 3. "A Memorial to the Future" 105 4. Reconfiguring Freedom 145 Field Notes III: A Tale of Two Manifestos 181 5. Of Mimicry and Woman 185 6. Asymmetries of Tolerance 221 Epilogue 261 Notes 267 References 285 Index 305
£98.60
Duke University Press The Communist and the Communists Daughter
Book SynopsisIn this poignant memoir Jane Lazarre tells the fascinating history of her father Bill, a radical activist who, as part of his tireless efforts to create a better world for his family, held leadership positions in the American Communist Party, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and organized labor unions.Trade Review"Reflective and intelligent, her narrative not only chronicles the life of a complex man; it also celebrates the power of memory and love. A poignantly lyrical memoir of family and politics." * Kirkus Reviews *"The Communist and the Communist’s Daughter tells the story of a family, of the struggle between old and new homelands, and of a man trying to balance his idealism with a reality that falls short of it." -- Jeff Fleischer * Foreword Reviews *"[A] collection of materials, insights, incidents, and imagery formed into a brilliant whole by Jane Lazarre's skill and patience. It ought to be a classic of twentieth century American life." -- Meredith Sue Willis * Books for Readers *"This is a memoir rich in intelligent reflection of an aspect of US political history that receives little airing. It's an elegantly written and moving account." -- John Green * Morning Star *"Jane Lazare has written a fascinating, intensely personal book about history, family, and the Communist Party in the United States." -- Esther Cohen * Monthly Review *"Making an account of one's self through memoir is hard enough, why would anyone want to tackle combining their own with that of another's? Lazarre does so to pay tribute to her father, to show herself and the world his noble intentions even though he was a flawed human being, as we all are. Ultimately, she has learned through the writing, he is so much a part of her, and she a part of him, whether that's in their living or their passing on." -- Tomie Anne Bitton * American Book Review *"This is one of those books that deserves many audiences. And for that I am grateful, as I believe its appeal, like that of Lazarre’s earlier memoirs, makes an important contribution to understanding aspects of American history and social consciousness that are not explored nearly enough." -- Emily E. LB. Twarog * Labor *Table of ContentsAuthor's Note ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue 1 Part I. Beginnings Chapter 1 11 Chapter 2 18 Part II. An American Chapter 3 27 Chapter 4 34 Part III. Spain Chapter 5 55 Chapter 6 58 Chapter 7 60 Chapter 8 74 Chapter 9 77 Part IV. A Bad Wind Chapter 10 95 Chapter 11 101 Chapter 12 105 Chapter 13 110 Chapter 14 122 Chapter 15 125 Part V. The Un-Americans Chapter 16 131 Chapter 17 138 Chapter 18 150 Part VI. The Mutilated World Chapter 19 161 Chapter 20 172 Part VII. Endings Chapter 21 189 Chapter 22 196 Chapter 23 202 Epilogue 205 Notes 211
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University of Pittsburgh Press The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture
Book SynopsisActing as an important historical archive for the Jews of Eastern Europe, The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture examines the progress of Yiddish culture from its origins in Tsarist and inter-war Poland to its apex with the founding of the Yiddish Scientific Institute in 1925.Trade Review"Fishman's no-nonsense account of modern Yiddish and twentieth-century Jewish schisms... eschews the nostalgia and sentimentality associated with Yiddish, and gives a vivid picture of how Yiddish and Yiddish literature were promoted by even the socialist and anti-Zionist Bundists as a means of preserving Jewishness." - International Jerusalem Post "Yiddish was above all a language of the people... Hebrew was the tongue of traditional Jewish learning... German, Polish and Russian, by contrast, offered the Jews a way from isolation to assimilation, cultural as much as linguistic. These multiple associations are all incisively reconstructed and investigated in Fishman's The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture.... It gives a vivid sense of a language that flourished in the first decades of the twentieth century." - London Review of Books "This book can be warmly recommended not only to students of East European Jewish history and culture but also to all those interested in the ways in which language intersects with nationalism." - Jews in Russia and East Europe "Fishman has a terrific command of the subject and utilizes a wealth of primary sources to flesh out some of the pivotal turning points in the growth of modern Yiddish culture.... [His] book is a solid and much needed contribution to serious scholarship." - Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies"
£37.00
Fordham University Press A Weak Messianic Power
Book SynopsisThe notion of a weak Messianic power serves as the focal point for this study of theological, materialist, poetic, and post-Freudian psychoanalytic approaches to time and the historical unconscious in the work of Benjamin, Celan and Derrida.Trade Review"The readings in A Weak Messianic Power are subtle and full of unexpected turns, and many are tours de force acts of deconstruction. Levine reads over, almost over the shoulder of, great critical readers, Derrida, Celan, Benjamin, exposing in their writing a wealth of images not apparent to the naked eye. The method is almost astronomical: it brings near the distant contours of a strange temporal figure-a non-homogenous, surprising time. The book offers a strong notion of messianism outside theology, the messianism of the small alteration." -- -Paul North Yale UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. A Time to Come: Hunchbacked Theology, Post-Freudian Psychoanalysis, and Historical Materialism 2. The Day the Sun Stood Still: Benjamin's Theses, Celan's Realignments, Trauma, and the Eichmann Trial 3. Pendant: Celan, Buchner, and the Terrible Voice of the Meridian 4. On the Stroke of Circumcision I: Derrida, Celan, and the Covenant of the Word 5. On the Stroke of Circumcision II: Celan, Kafka, and the Wound in the Name 6. Poetry's Demands and Abrahamic Sacrifice: Celan's Poems for Eric Notes Bibliography Index
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Fordham University Press Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the inextricable entanglement of Orientalism and anti-Judaism in modern German letters. It shows how historicist narratives posit the Orient as fetish in lieu of absent origins, then appropriate this fetish by applying to the East-West relation the Christian supercessionist typology earlier developed to construe the Jewish-Christian relation.Trade Review"In this sweeping study reaching from Baruch Spinoza to Edward Said, Jeffrey Librett uncovers with superb erudition the driving force of Orientalism: the panicked disavowal of the 'crisis of foundations' in Western modernity. Librett's astute analyses of transcendental-historicist texts from Herder to Schopenhauer are followed by fresh interpretations of critical modernist responses by Kafka and Freud. A groundbreaking critique of Said's critique of Freud and a keen analysis of the vicissitudes of contemporary German Orientalism complement this 'anamnestic journey.' The 19th century historicist appropriation of typology is shown to culminate disastrously in the Semitic/Aryan split, only to be shadowed by the split between the 'good' and the 'bad Semite' - an antagonism that haunts international politics in ruinous ways to this day. Librett's study is of great relevance for scholars of German philosophy and culture, Middle-Eastern Studies, Religious Studies and Psychoanalysis, and for any scholar concerned about the conflict in the Middle-East." -- -Elisabeth Weber University of California, Santa Barbara "This magisterially researched and probingly argued study opens a completely new and potentially groundbreaking perspective on Orientalism. In impeccably executed detail, it demonstrates that what has long been seen as a binary opposition between East and West has in fact relied since its inception on a triangular dynamic between three shifting poles: not simply Occident vs. Orient, but the Occident, the Orient, and the Jew. Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew will be of interest to a wide range of scholars." -- -David Martyn Macalester CollegeTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Orientalism as Typology, or How to Disavow the Modern Abyss 1 Part I. Historicist Orientalism: Transcendental Historiography from Johann Gottfried Herder to Arthur Schopenhauer 1. Ordering Chaos: The Orient in J. G. Herder's Teleological Historicism 2. Figuralizing the Oriental, Literalizing the Jew: From Letter to Spirit in Friedrich Schlegel's On the Language and Wisdom of the Indians 3. Goethe's Orientalizing Moment (I): "Notes and Treatises for the Better Understanding of the West-East Divan" 4. Goethe's Orientalizing Moment (II): The Poetry of the West-East Divan Excursus: Jussuph and the Question of Anti-Semitism in Goethe 5. Thresholds of History: India and the Limits of Europe in Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History Excursus: The History of Panic-Angst und Notgeschrei 6. Taking Up Groundlessness, Fulfilling Fulfillment: Schopenhauer's Orientalist Metaphysics between Indians and Jews Part II. How Not to Appropriate Orientalist Typology: Some Modernist Responses to Historicism 7. Dialectical Development or Partial Construction? Martin Buber and Franz Kafka Excursus on a Brief Excursus-Concerning Babel 8. The Dreamwork of History: Orientalism and Originary Disfiguration in Freud's Moses and Monotheism Excursus: Edward Said and the Identity of the Different, or Freud in Palestine Conclusion: For an Abstract Historiography of the Nonexistent Present Notes Index
£23.39
Fordham University Press The Marrano Specter Derrida and Hispanism
Book SynopsisThe Marrano Spirit brings together work by major scholars who collectively pursue the reciprocal influence between Jacques Derrida and Hispanism: his reception within intellectual circles in Spain and Latin America, on the one hand, and the Hispanist or marrano inflection of Derrida’s philosophical writings on the other.
£78.30
Fordham University Press The Marrano Specter
Book SynopsisThe Marrano Spirit brings together work by major scholars who collectively pursue the reciprocal influence between Jacques Derrida and Hispanism: his reception within intellectual circles in Spain and Latin America, on the one hand, and the Hispanist or marrano inflection of Derrida’s philosophical writings on the other.
£23.39
Fordham University Press Jews and the Ends of Theory
Book SynopsisThis volume assesses the role of Jews, as both agents and figures, in the development of critical and literary theory in the twentieth century and beyond. Its topics range from Biblical criticism to the relationship between Derrida and Levinas, from Mizrachi Jews in Israel to the Zionisms of Buber and Scholem.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jews, Theory, and Ends Shai Ginsburg, Martin Land, and Jonathan Boyarin, 1 1. Leo Lowenthal and the Jewish Renaissance Martin Jay, 27 2. The Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Jewish Melancholy: An Essay on Sovereignty and Translation Yehouda Shenhav, 48 3. The Ends of Ladino Andrew Bush, 65 4. The Last Jewish Intellectual: Derrida and His Literary Betrayal of Levinas Sarah Hammerschlag, 88 5. Jews, in Theory Sergey Dolgopolski, 108 6. The Jewish Animot: Of Jews as Animals Jay Geller, 142 7. The Off-Modern Turn: Modernist Humanism and Vernacular Cosmopolitanism in Shklovsky and Mandelshtam Svetlana Boym, 164 8. Old Testament Realism in the Writings of Erich Auerbach James I. Porter, 187 9. Buber versus Scholem and the Figure of the Hasidic Jew: A Literary Debate between Two Political Theologies Hannan Hever, 225 10. Against the “Attack on Linking”: Rearticulating the “Jewish Intellectual” for Today Martin Land, 263 11. Recovering Futurity: Theorizing the End and the End of Theory Elliot R. Wolfson, 293 List of Contributors 313 Index 317
£27.90
Fordham University Press Jews and the Ends of Theory
Book SynopsisThis volume assesses the role of Jews, as both agents and figures, in the development of critical and literary theory in the twentieth century and beyond. Its topics range from Biblical criticism to the relationship between Derrida and Levinas, from Mizrachi Jews in Israel to the Zionisms of Buber and Scholem.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jews, Theory, and Ends Shai Ginsburg, Martin Land, and Jonathan Boyarin, 1 1. Leo Lowenthal and the Jewish Renaissance Martin Jay, 27 2. The Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Jewish Melancholy: An Essay on Sovereignty and Translation Yehouda Shenhav, 48 3. The Ends of Ladino Andrew Bush, 65 4. The Last Jewish Intellectual: Derrida and His Literary Betrayal of Levinas Sarah Hammerschlag, 88 5. Jews, in Theory Sergey Dolgopolski, 108 6. The Jewish Animot: Of Jews as Animals Jay Geller, 142 7. The Off-Modern Turn: Modernist Humanism and Vernacular Cosmopolitanism in Shklovsky and Mandelshtam Svetlana Boym, 164 8. Old Testament Realism in the Writings of Erich Auerbach James I. Porter, 187 9. Buber versus Scholem and the Figure of the Hasidic Jew: A Literary Debate between Two Political Theologies Hannan Hever, 225 10. Against the “Attack on Linking”: Rearticulating the “Jewish Intellectual” for Today Martin Land, 263 11. Recovering Futurity: Theorizing the End and the End of Theory Elliot R. Wolfson, 293 List of Contributors 313 Index 317
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Fordham University Press Roman Catholicism in the United States
Book SynopsisA collection of essays examining Catholicism in the United States from a variety of perspectives. The volume is divided into three sections: “'Beyond the Parish,' 'Presence in the World,' and 'Prophetic Catholicism'.” Essay topics include: anti-Catholicism, women religious, Latino/a Catholicism, Catholicism and Popular Culture, and Rural Catholcism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Writing American Catholic History, 1 Margaret M. McGuinness and James T. Fisher Part I. Beyond the Parish 1. Ambiguous Welcome: The Protestant Response to American Catholics, 21 Patrick Allitt 2. Latino Catholics in the Southwest, 43 Timothy Matovina 3. Left Coast Catholicism: The Tradition of Dissent in the California Church, 63 Jeffrey M. Burns 4. Strangers in Our Midst: Catholics in Rural America, 86 Jeffrey Marlett 5. “An Embassy to a Golf Course?” Conundrums on the Road to the United States’ Diplomatic Representation to the Holy See, 1784–1984, 108 Roy Domenico Part II. Engaging the World 6. American and Catholic and Literature: What Cultural History Helps Reveal, 133 Una M. Cadegan 7. Gospel Zeal: Missionary Citizens Overseas and Armchair Missionaries at Home; American Catholic Missions in China, 1900–1989, 150 Robert E. Carbonneau, C.P. 8. Northern Settlement Houses and Southern Welfare Centers: The Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine, 1910–1971, 173 Margaret M. McGuinness 9. Pulp Catholicism: Catholics in American Popular Film, 193 Anthony Burke Smith Part III. Prophetic Catholicism 10. American Catholic Social Thought in the Twentieth Century, 219 Christopher Shannon 11. Catholics, Communism, and African Americans, 240 Cecilia A. Moore 12. Praying in the Public Square: Catholic Piety Meets Civil Rights, War, and Abortion, 264 James P. McCartin 13. The Resurrection Project of Mexican Catholic Chicago: Spiritual Activism and Liberating Praxis, 284 Karen Mary Davalos 14. The Church and American Catholics, 304 Chester Gillis Epilogue, 325 Jeffrey M. Burns List of Contributors, 333
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