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OverviewTwo basic approaches have shaped the identity discourse since antiquity. The essentialist view assumes that a person's identity does exist ""somewhere,"" and the discourse on identity is an attempt to disclose it. People do not create their identity, they only realize it. The opposite, deconstructionist view, assumes that the identity is only a linguistic fiction; we have no identity outside our concrete history, which reflects a constantly ongoing dynamic change. The present book offers a third option. It accepts that identity is not a priori datum that precedes our existence but claims we do have a set historical cultural identity it calls ""primary,"" expressing a permanent foundation of our biography. On its basis, we build our concrete identity. Engaging in a critical analysis, the book exposes the foundations and the borders of the identity field. As a test case that illustrates its claims, it presents the discourse on Jewish identity. Lively, vigorous, and widely recorded, this discourse conveys many nuances of the tension between continuity and change and is thus uniquely fit to convey the significance of the identity discourse. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Avi Sagi , Batya SteinPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781618115348ISBN 10: 1618115340 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 19 January 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One 1. From an Essentialist to a Multicultural Identity 2. A Critique of the Jewish Identity Discourse 3. Primordial Identity: The Jewish Case Part Two 4. Between a Rights Discourse and an Identity Discourse 5. “Religion and State”: A Critical Analysis 6. On Exile, Strangers, and Sovereignty: Identity in the Biblical Tradition Bibliography Sources IndexReviewsThere is much to commend in Sagi's most recent work. He situates his thought well in various theological and philosophical traditions and argues his claims cogently and concisely. ... Sagi has provided an insightful and compelling study that should appeal to a wide array of readers. -- Sheldon Steen * Reading Religion * There is much to commend in Sagi's most recent work. He situates his thought well in various theological and philosophical traditions and argues his claims cogently and concisely. ... Sagi has provided an insightful and compelling study that should appeal to a wide array of readers.--Sheldon Steen Reading Religion Author InformationAvi Sagi is a professor of philosophy at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he established the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He has written and edited many books and articles in philosophy, among them Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd; Kierkegaard, Religion, and Existence: The Voyage of the Self; Jewish Religion after Theology, and Prayer after the Death of God. His contribution to contemporary Jewish philosophy has recently been showcased in Avi Sagi: Extentialism, Pluralism, and Identity ed. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes (Leiden: Brill, 2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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