Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the Twenty-First Century: Intersections and Prospects

Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the Twenty-First Century: Intersections and Prospects - Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory

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Publisher's Synopsis

Jewish studies has been a vibrant academic discipline for many decades, and since the establishment of the Association for Israel Studies in 1985 to engage in research on the history, politics, society, and culture of the modern state of Israel, the two disciplines have worked along parallel tracks in universities. This book focuses on the vibrant academic field of Israel studies and its complex and dynamic relations and intersections with its "older sibling" Jewish studies. Scholarly contributions from around the globe illustrate that the ongoing and growing interest in Israel studies, in particular since the early 2000s, must be analyzed and understood in its relationship to Jewish studies. Only this will allow scholarship to reflect on not only the intersections between the two fields but also on the prospects of cross-pollination between the disciplines for research and teaching. This will become ever more vital in an increasingly globalized world with shifting concepts, borders, and identity concepts.

Book information

ISBN: 9781793605092
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 296
Weight: 600g
Height: 159mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 26mm