Powers of Diaspora: Two Essays on the Relevance of Jewish Culture

by Daniel Boyarin and Jonathan Boyarin

Book Overview

Reasserts the centrality of Jewish culture to contemporary discussions of diaspora

Diaspora: the scattering of a people, often described as a condition of helplessness and a pathology to be overcome. It can also be, as Jonathan Boyarin and Daniel Boyarin assert in this provocative work, a unique source of power and strength. Focusing on Jewish experience, Powers of Diaspora forcefully argues that diasporic communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816635978
• ISBN13: 9780816635979
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.0"