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Cultural Disjunctions - Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (Hardcover)
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Cultural Disjunctions - Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (Hardcover)
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The identity of contemporary Jews is multifaceted, no longer
necessarily defined by an observance of the Torah and God's
commandments. Indeed, the Jews of modernity are no longer
exclusively Jewish. They are affiliated with a host of
complementary and sometimes clashing communities-vocational,
professional, political, and cultural-whose interests may not
coincide with that of the community of their birth and inherited
culture. In Cultural Disjunctions, Paul Mendes-Flohr explores the
possibility of a spiritually and intellectually engaged
cosmopolitan Jewish identity for our time. Reflecting on the need
to participate in the spiritual life of Judaism so that it enables
multiple relations beyond its borders and allows one to balance
Jewish commitment with a genuine obligation to the universal,
Mendes-Flohr lays out what this delicate balance can look like for
contemporary Jews, both in Israel and in diasporic communities
worldwide. Cultural Disjunctions walks us through the labyrinth of
twentieth-century Jewish cultural identities and commitments.
Ultimately, Mendes-Flohr calls for Jews to remain "discontent," not
just with themselves but also and especially with the reigning
social and political order, and to fight for its betterment.
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