Decolonial Judaism : Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking /
Slabodsky, S.author
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.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Past Was Worse ; CHAPTER 1 Jewish Thought, Postcolonialism, and Decoloniality: The Geo-Politics of a Barbaric Encounter; CHAPTER 2 The Narrative of Barbarism: Western Designs for a Globalized North; CHAPTER 3 Negative Barbarism: Marxist Counter-Narrative in the Provincial North; CHAPTER 4 Transitional Barbarism: Levinas's Counter-Narrative and the Global South; CHAPTER 5 Positive Barbarism: Memmi's Counter-Narrative in a Southern Network
CHAPTER 6 Barbaric Paradoxes: Zionism from the Standpoint of the BorderlandsCHAPTER 7 After 9/11: New Barbarism and the Legacies in the Global South; Epilogue Duped by Jewish Suffering; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Jews
Judaism and politics
Decolonization
Political science
Civilization, Western
Other (Philosophy)
Religion
Religion and sociology
Religion
Religion
Judaism
Judaism
Philosophy of Religion
Sociology of Religion
Religious Studies
History of Religion
Jewish Theology