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Material culture and Jewish thought in America / Ken Koltun-Fromm

Koltun-Fromm, Ken [Verfasser]

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 342 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-253-00416-1 ; 0-253-00416-0 ; 978-0-253-35454-9

NY 4900 NY 5500

 

USA  Jüdische Philosophie  Sachkultur  Akkulturation  Juden  Identität 

How Jews think about and work with objects is the subject of this fascinating study of the interplay between material culture and Jewish thought. Ken Koltun-Fromm draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to portray the vibrancy and richness of Jewish practice in America. His analyses of Mordecai Kaplan's obsession with journal writing, Joseph Soloveitchik's urban religion, Abraham Joshua Heschel's fascination with objects in The Sabbath, and material identity.