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Hasidism Beyond Modernity - Essays in Habad Thought and History (Hardcover)
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Hasidism Beyond Modernity - Essays in Habad Thought and History (Hardcover)
Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other
hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism,
and on empowering women. Hasidism Beyond Modernity provides a
critical, thematic study of the movement from its beginnings,
showing how its unusual qualities evolved. Topics investigated
include the theoretical underpinning of the outreach ethos; the
turn towards women in the twentieth century; new attitudes to
non-Jews; the role of the individual in the hasidic collective;
spiritual contemplation in the context of modernity; the quest for
inclusivism in the face of prevailing schismatic processes;
messianism in both spiritual and political forms; and the direction
of the movement after the passing of its seventh rebbe, Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1994. Attention is given to many
contrasts: pre-modern, modern, and postmodern conceptions of
Judaism; the clash between maintaining an enclave and outreach
models of Jewish society; particularist and universalist trends;
and the subtle interplay of mystical faith and rationality. Some of
the chapters are new; others, published in an earlier form, have
been updated to take account of recent scholarship. This book
presents an in-depth study of an intriguing movement which takes
traditional hasidism beyond modernity.
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