{"product_id":"what-is-a-jewish-classicist-9781350322578","title":"What Is a Jewish Classicist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, there has been no issue that has convulsed academia and its role in society more stridently than the personal politics of its institutions: who has access to education? How does \u003ci\u003ewho\u003c\/i\u003e you are change \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e you study and \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e you engage with it? How does scholarship reflect the politics of society  how \u003ci\u003eshould \u003c\/i\u003eit? These new essays from one of the best-known scholars of ancient Greece offer a refreshing and provocative contribution to these discussions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is a Jewish Classicist\u003c\/i\u003e? analyses how the personal voice of a scholar plays a role in scholarship, how religion and cultural identity are acted out within an academic discipline, and how translation, the heart of any engagement with the literature of antiquity, is a transformational practice. Topical, engaging, revelatory, this book opens a sharp and personal perspective on how and why the study of antiquity has become such a battlefield in contemporary culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these self-reflective essays Simon Goldhill tackles big issues of our era: race and religion, exclusion and belonging, privilege and minoritization. He interrogates the past and present of classics and poses some serious questions to its future. -- Katherine Harloe, Professor of Classics and Intellectual History, and Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, UK\u003cbr\u003e[This book] repays reading because of its illumination of Jewish responses to prejudice and challenge. * Classics for All *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Fitting In   1. The Personal Voice: Six Fragments of a Sentimental Education   2. What Is a Jewish Classicist?  3. Translation and Transformation  Notes  Bibliography  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019651055959,"sku":"9781350322578","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350322578.jpg?v=1750780911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-a-jewish-classicist-9781350322578","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}