Jewish materialism : the intellectual revolution of the 1870s

Stern, Eliyahu 1976- (author.).

Summary: "To understand the organizing framework of modern Judaism, Eliyahu Stern believes that we should look deeper and farther than the Holocaust, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the influence and affluence of American Jewry. Against the revolutionary backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century Europe, Stern unearths the path that led a group of rabbis, scientists, communal leaders, and political upstarts to reconstruct the core tenets of Judaism and join the vanguard of twentieth-century revolutionary politics. In the face of dire poverty and rampant anti-Semitism, they mobilized Judaism for projects directed at ensuring the fair and equal distribution of resources in society. Their program drew as much from the universalism of Karl Marx and Charles Darwin as from the messianism and utopianism of biblical and Kabbalistic works. Once described as a religion consisting of rituals, reason, and rabbinics, Judaism was now also rooted in land, labor, and bodies. Exhaustively researched, this original, revisionist account challenges our standard narratives of nationalism, secularization, and de-Judaization."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780300221800
ISBN: 9780300235586
ISBN: 9780300221800
ISBN: 0300235585
ISBN: 0300221800
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations
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Computer data.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Copyright: �2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Tradition -- Social materialism -- Scientific materialism -- Practical materialism -- The materialization of spirit -- Conclusion: Jewish body politics.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 19, 2018).