Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking
S. Slabodsky
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Paperback. Slabodsky explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. He argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish intellectuals were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized these intellectual resources to confront the neo-colonial assimilation of normative Judaism Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ; JFFN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. It argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish thinkers in different parts of the world were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized this rich set of intellectual resources to confront the assimilation of normative Judaism by various incipient neo-colonial powers. By tracing the historical and conceptual lineage of this overlooked conversation, this book explores not only its epistemological opportunities, but also the internal contradictions that led to its ultimate unraveling, especially in the post-9/11 world.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
New Approaches to Religion and Power
Condition
New
Weight
343g
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137520289
SKU
V9781137520289
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About S. Slabodsky
Santiago Slabodsky is The Florence and Robert Kaufmann Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Hofstra University, USA. He has been a visiting professor at institutions in Spain, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Argentina, Canada, and the United States and has published widely in Jewish thought and culture, sociology of knowledge, global south social ... Read more
Reviews for Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking
“Decolonial Judaism is both an intellectual tour-de-force and a pointed critique of the Jewish historical story presented primarily as a Western European event … . In the contemporary moment where colonialism still hovers in the background and decolonialism continues to chart a new and richer redirection in Western thought, Slabodsky’s Decolonial Judaism is an important contribution to this project.” (Steven ... Read more