Description
Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion, and social theory. It argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish thinkers in different parts of the world were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized this rich set of intellectual resources to confront the assimilation of normative Judaism by various incipient neo-colonial powers. By tracing the historical and conceptual lineage of this overlooked conversation, this book explores not only its epistemological opportunities, but also the internal contradictions that led to its ultimate unraveling, especially in the post-9/11 world.
Author: S. Slabodsky
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781137520289
ISBN10: 1137520280
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | History
- Religion | Judaism | Theology
- Religion | Philosophy
About the Author
Santiago Slabodsky is The Florence and Robert Kaufmann Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Hofstra University, USA. He has been a visiting professor at institutions in Spain, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Argentina, Canada, and the United States and has published widely in Jewish thought and culture, sociology of knowledge, global south social movements, liberation theology, and decolonial theory.