Decolonial Judaism Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking

by Slabodsky, Santiago

• ISBN13: 9781137365316
• ISBN10: 1137365315
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-07-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Decolonial Judaism: Triumphal Failures of Barbaric Thinking explores the relationship among geopolitics, religion and social theory. It argues that during the postcolonial and post-Holocaust era, Jewish thinkers in different parts of the world were influenced by Global South thought and mobilized this rich set of intellectual resources to confront the assimilation of normative Judaism by various incipient neo-colonial powers. By tracing the historical and conceptual lineage of this overlooked conversation, this book explores not only its epistemological opportunities, but also the internal contradictions that led to their ultimate unraveling, especially in the post-9/11 world.

Author Biography

Santiago Slabodsky is Assistant Professor at Claremont School of Theology, USA, and affiliated faculty at Claremont Graduate University, USA. He has been visiting professor at institutions in Spain, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Argentina, Canada and the United States, and has published widely in Jewish thought and culture, sociology of knowledge, global south social movements, liberation theology, and decolonial theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Jews, Barbarism, Geo-Politics
1. Jewish Thought and Postcolonialism: Geo-Politics of a Decolonial Encounter
2. The Narrative of Barbarism: Western Designs in the Global North
3. Negative Barbarism: Marxist Counter-Narrative in the Global North
4. Transitional Barbarism: Levinas' Counter-Narrative and the Global South Network
5. Positive Barbarism: Memmi's Counter-Narrative in the Global South
6. Barbaric Conversations: Jewish Counter-Narratives at the Border
7: Barbaric Dialectics Toward a 21st Century Barbarism
Conclusion: The Future of Barbarism