Jewish identities in postcommunist Russia and Ukraine [electronic resource] : an uncertain ethnicity / Zvi Gitelman.
2012
DS134.86 .G58 2012eb
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Jewish identities in postcommunist Russia and Ukraine [electronic resource] : an uncertain ethnicity / Zvi Gitelman.
Author
Gitelman, Zvi Y.
ISBN
9781139776745 electronic book
1139776746 electronic book
9781139150989 electronic book
1139150987 electronic book
9781107023284
1107023289
1107608732
9781107608733
1139776746 electronic book
9781139150989 electronic book
1139150987 electronic book
9781107023284
1107023289
1107608732
9781107608733
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 372 p.) : ill.
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DS134.86 .G58 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.892/4047
Summary
"This book examines in depth post-Soviet Jews' attitudes toward religion, intermarriage, emigration, anti-Semitism and rebuilding Jewish life"-- Provided by publisher.
"Things did not turn out as they were supposed to. Ethnic groups were supposed to disappear. Marxists, western liberals and social scientists agreed on that for different reasons. For Marxists, the inevitable demise of capitalism would do it. Others banked on economic development and "modernization" to rendered ethnicity and other "traditional" categories irrelevant. Many intellectuals and statesmen believed that the era of ethnicity and nationalism, which had brought such violence and bloodshed to the mankind, would soon be superseded by a rational and scientific temper in the world. After the Second World War nationalism had been sufficiently discredited so that all expressions of ethnicity would be looked at askance. Yet, ethnicity persists and is one of the fundamental cleavages in many European, Asian and African societies, as well in parts of the Americas. As the example of Yugoslavia shows, national or ethnic hatreds can still be the basis for wars, the dismemberment of states, and the killing of one's neighbors, even in a region which suffered so much from ethnic wars just half a century earlier. After discussing ethnicity, we shall return to its predicted demise and why it has persisted"-- Provided by publisher.
"Things did not turn out as they were supposed to. Ethnic groups were supposed to disappear. Marxists, western liberals and social scientists agreed on that for different reasons. For Marxists, the inevitable demise of capitalism would do it. Others banked on economic development and "modernization" to rendered ethnicity and other "traditional" categories irrelevant. Many intellectuals and statesmen believed that the era of ethnicity and nationalism, which had brought such violence and bloodshed to the mankind, would soon be superseded by a rational and scientific temper in the world. After the Second World War nationalism had been sufficiently discredited so that all expressions of ethnicity would be looked at askance. Yet, ethnicity persists and is one of the fundamental cleavages in many European, Asian and African societies, as well in parts of the Americas. As the example of Yugoslavia shows, national or ethnic hatreds can still be the basis for wars, the dismemberment of states, and the killing of one's neighbors, even in a region which suffered so much from ethnic wars just half a century earlier. After discussing ethnicity, we shall return to its predicted demise and why it has persisted"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Ethnicity and identity
2. The evolution of Jewish identities
3. Soviet policies and the Jewish nationality
4. Constructing Jewishness in Russia and Ukraine
5. Judaism and Jewishness: religion and ethnicity in Russia and Ukraine
6. Becoming Soviet Jews: friendship patterns
7. Acting Jewish: Jewsih collectivities or communities
8. Anti-semitism and Jewish identity
9. Identity, Israel, and immigration
10. Ethnicity and marriage
11. Polities, affect, affiliation, and alienation
Conclusion.
1. Ethnicity and identity
2. The evolution of Jewish identities
3. Soviet policies and the Jewish nationality
4. Constructing Jewishness in Russia and Ukraine
5. Judaism and Jewishness: religion and ethnicity in Russia and Ukraine
6. Becoming Soviet Jews: friendship patterns
7. Acting Jewish: Jewsih collectivities or communities
8. Anti-semitism and Jewish identity
9. Identity, Israel, and immigration
10. Ethnicity and marriage
11. Polities, affect, affiliation, and alienation
Conclusion.