Kinship, Law and Politics - An Anatomy of Belonging

An introduction to how belonging and identity have been reflected, modified, and rearticulated in crucial moments throughout history.

Sommario

Part I. Kinship: 1. Corporal union as performance of belonging; 2. The making of kin belonging; Part II. Law: 3. Territorial belonging and the law; 4. Religious identity and law; Part III. Politics: 5. The familial-political analogy; 6. Liberal iconoclasm; 7. Beyond the analogy: liberal alternatives; Bibliography.

Info autore

Joseph E. David is Professor of Law at Sapir Academic College, Israel and a Visiting Professor at the Program in Judaic Studies and Law School at the University of Yale. His research focuses on Jewish Studies, Law and Religion, Legal History and Comparative Jurisprudence, on which he has published extensively.

Riassunto

The book explores beyond the borders of identity politics by offering a more precise understanding of belonging as a basic and all-encompassing concern. Academics, scholars, and students in the fields of philosophy, law, history, and religious studies will benefit from these interdisciplinary analyses of belonging within kinship, law, and politics.

Testo aggiuntivo

'Joseph David's book is an immensely erudite and deep exploration of the meaning of belonging and identity. David's brilliant examination of the belonging and identity in their different layers and in diverse historical settings, is of fundamental importance to the understanding of the complexity of the concept and the vital role it plays in contemporary political and cultural life.' Moshe Halbertal, New York University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph David, Joseph E David, Joseph E. David, David Joseph E.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781108499682
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49968-2
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Law in Context
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Political Ideologies, LAW / General, Systems of law, Religion & politics, Political leaders & leadership, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Religion and Politics, Political leaders and leadership, Political ideologies and movements, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law