Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Volume - Images, Ideologies, Realities

Informationen zum Autor Peter Y. Medding holds a joint appointment in the Institute of Contemporary Jewry and the political science department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Klappentext This is the newest volume of the annual Studies In Contemporary Jewry series. It contains original essays on Jews and crime in fact, fantasy, and fiction; verbal and physical violence in Israeli politics; Jews as revolutionaires; armed resistance by Jews in Nazi Germany; ethical dilemmas within the Israeli Defense Forces; violence in Israeli society and social stress; and other topics. As with other volumes, it also contains review essays and book reviews. Zusammenfassung Volume XVIII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' offers a view of Jews and violence. It construes violence broadly, including deviance and crime, verbal threat and incitement, coercion, force and the resort to arms in individual, collective and communal, and state contexts. The essays span events in Israel, Russia, Germany, and the United States.

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• Authors: Peter Y. (Dr. Israel Goldstein Professor Medding
• Assisted by: Peter Y. Medding (Editor), Peter Y. (Dr. Israel Goldstein Professor of Zionism and the State of Israel Medding (Editor), Medding Peter Y. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2003
• EAN: 9780195160093
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516009-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Studies in Contemporary Jewry,; Studies in Contemporary Jewry
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Jewish Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Violence in society, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Violence and abuse in society, Social groups: religious groups and communities