The Exilic Imperative of American Jewry

Religions

MichaelS. Alexander¹ 

[1] Department of Religious Studies, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA;

关键词: American Jewry;    American Jewish history;    identity;    diaspora;    exile;    ethnicity;    historiography;    memory;    demography;    ethnoburb;    literature;    fiction;    Jewish Question;   

DOI  :  10.3390/rel9120412

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article considers the existence of an exilic imperative in the historical and identity hermeneutics of American Jewry. Author considers cases of (1) American Jewish identification with racial outsiders, including the appropriation of historical, cultural, and religious forms; (2) the persistent creation of American Jewish ethnoburbs, unlike other white ethnic groups; and (3) the creation of exilic fantasy literature by American Jewish novelists. The author suggests that although American conditions do not justify interpretations of Jewish social alienation, American Jews have nevertheless applied traditional Jewish exilic hermeneutics to those American conditions.

【 授权许可】

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