Semites - Race, Religion, Literature (Paperback)

This collection of essays explores the now mostly extinct notion of "Semites." Invented in the nineteenth century and essential to the making of modern conceptions of religion and race, the strange unity of Jew and Arab under one term, "Semite" (the opposing term was "Aryan"), and the circumstances that brought about its disappearance constitute the subject of this volume. With a focus on the history of disciplines (including religious studies and Jewish studies), as well as on lingering political, theological, and cultural effects (secularism, anti-Semitism, Israel/Palestine), "Semites: Race, Religion, and Literature" turns to the literary imagination as the site of a fragile and tenuous alternative, the promise of something like a "Semitic perspective."

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cultural Memory in the Present
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Gil Anidjar
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5695-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-8047-5695-3
Barcode:	9780804756952

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