Name: Jews and Power (Jewish Encounters Series) (en Inglés)
Price: 19500.00 CLP
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Author: Ruth R. Wisse
ISBN: 9780805211740

portada Jews and Power (Jewish Encounters Series) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Schocken

Autor

Ruth R. Wisse

Año

2020

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

256

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780805211740

Categorías

Judíos
Historia social y cultural

Jews and Power (Jewish Encounters Series) (en Inglés)

Ruth R. Wisse (Autor) · Schocken · Tapa Blanda

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Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesTaking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant with God constituted a treaty with the most powerful force in the universe; this later transformed itself into a belief that, unburdened by a military, Jews could pursue their religious mission on a purely moral plain. Wisse, an eminent professor of comparative literature at Harvard, demonstrates how Jewish political weakness both increased Jewish vulnerability to scapegoating and violence, and unwittingly goaded power-seeking nations to cast Jews as perpetual targets.Although she sees hope in the State of Israel, Wisse questions the way the strategies of the Diaspora continue to drive the Jewish state, echoing Abba Eban's observation that Israel was the only nation to win a war and then sue for peace. And then she draws a persuasive parallel to the United States today, as it struggles to figure out how a liberal democracy can face off against enemies who view Western morality as weakness. This deeply provocative book is sure to stir debate both inside and outside the Jewish world. Wisse's narrative offers a compelling argument that is rich with history and bristling with contemporary urgency.