Difference of a Different Kind
Subtitle: Jewish Constructions of Race During the Long Eighteenth Century
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: May 01, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780812246094
Description: "Difference of a Different Kind explores Jewish perceptions and representations of otherness during the formative period in the history of racial thought. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including philosophical and scientific works, halakhic literature, and folktales, Idelson-Shein unfolds the myriad ways in which eighteenth-century Jews imagined the "exotic Other" and how the evolving discourse of racial difference played into the construction of their own identities. Difference of a Different Kind offers an invaluable view into the ways new religious, cultural, and racial identities were imagined and formed at the outset of modernity." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Source title: Difference of a Different Kind: Jewish Constructions of Race During the Long Eighteenth Century (Jewish Culture and Contexts)