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A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive
account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance
from Ancient Israel to the present. For centuries Jews have dressed
in distinctive ways to communicate their devotion to God, their
religious identity, and the proper earthly roles of men and women.
This lively work explores the rich history of Jewish dress,
examining how Jews and non-Jews alike debated and legislated Jewish
attire in different places, as well as outlining the big debates on
dress within the Jewish community today. Focusing on tensions over
gender, ethnic identity and assimilation, each chapter discusses
the meaning and symbolism of a specific era or type of Jewish
dress. What were biblical and rabbinic fashions? Why was clothing
so important to immigrant Jews in America? Why do Hassidic Jews
wear black? When did yarmulkes become bar mitzvah souvenirs? The
book also offers the first analysis of how young Jewish adults
today announce on caps, shirts, and even undergarments their
striving to transform Jewishness from a religious and historical
heritage into an ethnic identity that is hip, racy, and irreverent.
Fascinating and accessibly written, A Cultural History of Jewish
Dress will appeal to anybody interested in the central role of
clothing in defining Jewish identity.
This collection features essays from top experts in ethics and
philosophy of love that offer varying perspectives on the value of
a contemporary secular virtue of chastity. The virtue of chastity
has traditionally been portrayed as an excellent personal
disposition concerning the ideal ordering of sexual desire such
that the person desires that which is actually good for both the
self and others affected by his or her sexual desires and actions.
Yet, for roughly the past half century chastity has been
increasingly portrayed as an unnecessary ideal with few secular
benefits that could not be otherwise obtained. Instead, chastity is
sometimes portrayed as an odd kind of religious asceticism with few
secular benefits. The essays in this volume ask whether there may
be advantages to reconsidering a contemporary virtue of chastity. A
recovered and reconceptualized concept of chastity can offer
partial solutions to problems associated with externalized sexual
desire, including sweeping patterns of sexual harassment, the high
divorce/relationship-failure rate, and widespread pornography use.
Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age will appeal to researchers and
advanced students interested in the philosophy of sex and love,
virtue ethics, and philosophical accounts of secularity.
Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish
circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author
traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as
seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture.
Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval
notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic
of ChristOs foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish
manhood, and the current debate over Jewish and routine medical
circumcision in America.
Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish
circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author
traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as
seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture.
Topics include rabbinic literature, early Christianity, Medieval
notions of menstruating Jewish men and the blood libel, the relic
of ChristOs foreskin, modern notions of the Jewish body and Jewish
manhood, and the current debate over Jewish and routine medical
circumcision in America.
This open access book examines the methodological complications of
using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.
The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the
development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial
life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing
popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences.
Following an in-depth analysis of the potential impact of these
methods on social science and social theory, the text provides
substantive examples of the application of agent-based models in
the field of demography. This work offers a unique combination of
applied simulation work and substantive, in-depth philosophical
analysis, and as such has potential appeal for specialist social
scientists, complex systems scientists, and philosophers of science
interested in the methodology of simulation and the practice of
interdisciplinary computing research.
This open access book examines the methodological complications of
using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.
The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the
development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial
life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing
popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences.
Following an in-depth analysis of the potential impact of these
methods on social science and social theory, the text provides
substantive examples of the application of agent-based models in
the field of demography. This work offers a unique combination of
applied simulation work and substantive, in-depth philosophical
analysis, and as such has potential appeal for specialist social
scientists, complex systems scientists, and philosophers of science
interested in the methodology of simulation and the practice of
interdisciplinary computing research.
A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive
account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance
from Ancient Israel to the present. For centuries Jews have dressed
in distinctive ways to communicate their devotion to God, their
religious identity, and the proper earthly roles of men and women.
This lively work explores the rich history of Jewish dress,
examining how Jews and non-Jews alike debated and legislated Jewish
attire in different places, as well as outlining the big debates on
dress within the Jewish community today. Focusing on tensions over
gender, ethnic identity and assimilation, each chapter discusses
the meaning and symbolism of a specific era or type of Jewish
dress. What were biblical and rabbinic fashions? Why was clothing
so important to immigrant Jews in America? Why do Hassidic Jews
wear black? When did yarmulkes become bar mitzvah souvenirs? The
book also offers the first analysis of how young Jewish adults
today announce on caps, shirts, and even undergarments their
striving to transform Jewishness from a religious and historical
heritage into an ethnic identity that is hip, racy, and irreverent.
Fascinating and accessibly written, A Cultural History of Jewish
Dress will appeal to anybody interested in the central role of
clothing in defining Jewish identity.
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