Social Science and the Politics of Modern Jewish Identity

"Hart has made a significant contribution to European Jewish history, to the social scientific study of Jews, and to the intellectual history of the social sciences in his innovative study of the politics of modern Jewish identity within the newly developed field of Jewish social sciences."--The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Considering the technical nature of many of the sources, Hart's book is quite readable and in many ways, exciting." Relgious Studies Review

About the author

Mitchell B. Hart is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish and European History at Florida International University.

Summary

This book answers the questions: Why did the social sciences become an integral part of Jewish scholarship beginning in the late 19th century? What part did this scholarship play in the debate over emancipation and assimilation, Zionism and diasporism, the nature of Jewish identity, and the problem of Jewish continuity and survival?

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell B Hart, Mitchell B. Hart
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780804738248
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3824-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 237 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous