Pierre Sintès
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781786940896
- eISBN:
- 9781786944962
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781786940896.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Pierre Sintès explores the study undertaken in Rhodes in 2006, considering the conditions to which memory can be expressed by the descendants of the Jewish population of Rhodes who come to the island ...
More
Pierre Sintès explores the study undertaken in Rhodes in 2006, considering the conditions to which memory can be expressed by the descendants of the Jewish population of Rhodes who come to the island in search of the places where their ancestors lived and how this challenges the version typically presented to tourists by tourist guides and most of the museums they have access to. Sintès shows the likeness in experience of memory and place between the Jewish community of Rhodes and Albanian immigrants and presents another case of a minority group, that despite having disappeared from the Greek context, particularly locally, can still successfully and publicly express its vigorous spatial and temporal memory.Less
Pierre Sintès explores the study undertaken in Rhodes in 2006, considering the conditions to which memory can be expressed by the descendants of the Jewish population of Rhodes who come to the island in search of the places where their ancestors lived and how this challenges the version typically presented to tourists by tourist guides and most of the museums they have access to. Sintès shows the likeness in experience of memory and place between the Jewish community of Rhodes and Albanian immigrants and presents another case of a minority group, that despite having disappeared from the Greek context, particularly locally, can still successfully and publicly express its vigorous spatial and temporal memory.
Gary Craig and Maggie O'Neill
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447312741
- eISBN:
- 9781447312857
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447312741.003.0005
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
Gary Craig and Maggie O’Neill's topical chapter on British national and local policies on ‘race’ argues that due in part to deliberate strategies to water down equality legislation, and partly due to ...
More
Gary Craig and Maggie O’Neill's topical chapter on British national and local policies on ‘race’ argues that due in part to deliberate strategies to water down equality legislation, and partly due to the unintended consequences of ‘race’ policy, especially at the local level, ‘race’ policy has operated to sweep racism under the carpet or, worse, served to reinforce and institutionalise racism. They illustrate, through case studies of three English regions, how central and local government policies have made race and racism invisible. This, according to the authors, has led to the development of an institutionalised indifference to racial disadvantage, undermining the social welfare of minority ethnic groups in the UK.Less
Gary Craig and Maggie O’Neill's topical chapter on British national and local policies on ‘race’ argues that due in part to deliberate strategies to water down equality legislation, and partly due to the unintended consequences of ‘race’ policy, especially at the local level, ‘race’ policy has operated to sweep racism under the carpet or, worse, served to reinforce and institutionalise racism. They illustrate, through case studies of three English regions, how central and local government policies have made race and racism invisible. This, according to the authors, has led to the development of an institutionalised indifference to racial disadvantage, undermining the social welfare of minority ethnic groups in the UK.
Wayne Cristaudo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The world of interreligious relationships is the theme of Chapter 4. The author focuses on the intimate relationship between Christian thinker Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and his intimate correspondent ...
More
The world of interreligious relationships is the theme of Chapter 4. The author focuses on the intimate relationship between Christian thinker Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and his intimate correspondent the Jewish theologian Franz Rosenzweig. The chapter also expands on the discussion to the dialogue between the West and Islam. The fragmentation of the Abrahamic religions can be explored through the contrasts between them by examining the relationships within them.Less
The world of interreligious relationships is the theme of Chapter 4. The author focuses on the intimate relationship between Christian thinker Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and his intimate correspondent the Jewish theologian Franz Rosenzweig. The chapter also expands on the discussion to the dialogue between the West and Islam. The fragmentation of the Abrahamic religions can be explored through the contrasts between them by examining the relationships within them.
Sander L. Gilman (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Islam, Christianity and Judaism share several common features, including their historical origins in the prophet Abraham, their belief in a single divine being, and their modern global expanse. Yet ...
More
Islam, Christianity and Judaism share several common features, including their historical origins in the prophet Abraham, their belief in a single divine being, and their modern global expanse. Yet it is the seeming closeness of these “Abrahamic” religions that draws attention to the real or imagined differences between them. This volume examines Abrahamic cultures as minority groups in societies which may be majority Muslim, Christian or Jewish, or self-consciously secular. The focus is on the relationships between these religious identities in global Diaspora, where all of them are confronted with claims about national and individual difference. The case studies range from colonial Hong Kong and Victorian London to today’s San Francisco and rural India. Each study shows how complex such relationships can be and how important it is to situate them in the cultural, ethnic, and historical context of their world. The chapters explore ritual practice, conversion, colonization, immigration, and cultural representations of the differences between the Abrahamic religions. An important theme is how the complex patterns of interaction among these religions embrace collaboration as well as conflict—even in the modern Middle East. This work by authors from several academic disciplines on a topic of crucial importance will be of interest to scholars of history, theology, sociology and cultural studies as well as to the general reader interested in how minority groups have interacted and coexisted.Less
Islam, Christianity and Judaism share several common features, including their historical origins in the prophet Abraham, their belief in a single divine being, and their modern global expanse. Yet it is the seeming closeness of these “Abrahamic” religions that draws attention to the real or imagined differences between them. This volume examines Abrahamic cultures as minority groups in societies which may be majority Muslim, Christian or Jewish, or self-consciously secular. The focus is on the relationships between these religious identities in global Diaspora, where all of them are confronted with claims about national and individual difference. The case studies range from colonial Hong Kong and Victorian London to today’s San Francisco and rural India. Each study shows how complex such relationships can be and how important it is to situate them in the cultural, ethnic, and historical context of their world. The chapters explore ritual practice, conversion, colonization, immigration, and cultural representations of the differences between the Abrahamic religions. An important theme is how the complex patterns of interaction among these religions embrace collaboration as well as conflict—even in the modern Middle East. This work by authors from several academic disciplines on a topic of crucial importance will be of interest to scholars of history, theology, sociology and cultural studies as well as to the general reader interested in how minority groups have interacted and coexisted.
Mehnaz M. Afridi
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter discusses tensions between Jews and Muslims concerning issues such as genocide and politics. This account of contemporary research will conclude that collaboration can occur if one can ...
More
This chapter discusses tensions between Jews and Muslims concerning issues such as genocide and politics. This account of contemporary research will conclude that collaboration can occur if one can create case studies of suffering of one group even when the other group denies pain in contemporary life, whether through political or social means. This case study hopes to offset the imbalance between the Jews and Muslims by providing an account of the denial of one group’s suffering.Less
This chapter discusses tensions between Jews and Muslims concerning issues such as genocide and politics. This account of contemporary research will conclude that collaboration can occur if one can create case studies of suffering of one group even when the other group denies pain in contemporary life, whether through political or social means. This case study hopes to offset the imbalance between the Jews and Muslims by providing an account of the denial of one group’s suffering.
Sander L. Gilman
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Chapter 3, an essay on the politics of circumcision in the contemporary Western Diaspora of Jews and Muslims, frames the debates about religious practice and ideas of health and illness and reflects ...
More
Chapter 3, an essay on the politics of circumcision in the contemporary Western Diaspora of Jews and Muslims, frames the debates about religious practice and ideas of health and illness and reflects historical conflicts about religious practices in the Abrahamic religions. The health exception is used to argue for or against what is in its essence a religious practice.Less
Chapter 3, an essay on the politics of circumcision in the contemporary Western Diaspora of Jews and Muslims, frames the debates about religious practice and ideas of health and illness and reflects historical conflicts about religious practices in the Abrahamic religions. The health exception is used to argue for or against what is in its essence a religious practice.
Martin J. Wein and Benjamin Hary
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Chapter 1 is a cultural critique on the phenomenon of sacred text translation, centering on the enormous global Bible translation project, but also including comparative references to the Qur‘an, and ...
More
Chapter 1 is a cultural critique on the phenomenon of sacred text translation, centering on the enormous global Bible translation project, but also including comparative references to the Qur‘an, and to sacred texts of religions other than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This is framed by a general discussion of the triangular relationship of language, religion and nationalism.Less
Chapter 1 is a cultural critique on the phenomenon of sacred text translation, centering on the enormous global Bible translation project, but also including comparative references to the Qur‘an, and to sacred texts of religions other than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This is framed by a general discussion of the triangular relationship of language, religion and nationalism.
Zhou Xun
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This essay looks into the conflicts and collaborations amongst different Jewish groups in Hong Kong from the second half of the nineteenth century to the years following Hong Kong’s handover to the ...
More
This essay looks into the conflicts and collaborations amongst different Jewish groups in Hong Kong from the second half of the nineteenth century to the years following Hong Kong’s handover to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. In examining this former British Colony, now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of People’s Republic of China, this essay adds a new dimension to the parallel discussions of intra-communal Jewish life in Europe and North AmericaLess
This essay looks into the conflicts and collaborations amongst different Jewish groups in Hong Kong from the second half of the nineteenth century to the years following Hong Kong’s handover to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. In examining this former British Colony, now a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of People’s Republic of China, this essay adds a new dimension to the parallel discussions of intra-communal Jewish life in Europe and North America
Katja Garloff
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter focuses on a period in which the trope of the German Jewish love affair enjoyed particular popularity, namely in the decade after the reunification of Germany. The use of love as a model ...
More
This chapter focuses on a period in which the trope of the German Jewish love affair enjoyed particular popularity, namely in the decade after the reunification of Germany. The use of love as a model for group relations can personalize the political, individualize the social and romanticize power relations; it even legitimize the hegemonic forces of a dominant culture. The chapter discusses the models of interaction, communication and collaboration between the social groups through German feature films that dramatize interreligious love to highlight moments of solidarity and collaboration between Jews and non-Jews during the Third Reich, and the works of the German Jewish writer Barbara Honigmann, that depicts the memory of the National Socialist past as a lasting obstacle to Jewish Gentile love relationships.Less
This chapter focuses on a period in which the trope of the German Jewish love affair enjoyed particular popularity, namely in the decade after the reunification of Germany. The use of love as a model for group relations can personalize the political, individualize the social and romanticize power relations; it even legitimize the hegemonic forces of a dominant culture. The chapter discusses the models of interaction, communication and collaboration between the social groups through German feature films that dramatize interreligious love to highlight moments of solidarity and collaboration between Jews and non-Jews during the Third Reich, and the works of the German Jewish writer Barbara Honigmann, that depicts the memory of the National Socialist past as a lasting obstacle to Jewish Gentile love relationships.
Yulia Egorova
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter call attention to the fluid, processual, and context-dependent nature of Jewish-Muslim relations. The author will focus on a number of historical and ethnographic episodes pertaining to ...
More
This chapter call attention to the fluid, processual, and context-dependent nature of Jewish-Muslim relations. The author will focus on a number of historical and ethnographic episodes pertaining to the mutual perceptions of Jews and Muslims in South Asia to explore tropes of collaboration and conflict that are present in the accounts of both communities of the subcontinent and to reflect on the intricate and complex ways in which issues in local and global politics, such as Indian caste relations, the rhetoric of the “war on terror”, and the conflict in the Middle East, affect these relationsLess
This chapter call attention to the fluid, processual, and context-dependent nature of Jewish-Muslim relations. The author will focus on a number of historical and ethnographic episodes pertaining to the mutual perceptions of Jews and Muslims in South Asia to explore tropes of collaboration and conflict that are present in the accounts of both communities of the subcontinent and to reflect on the intricate and complex ways in which issues in local and global politics, such as Indian caste relations, the rhetoric of the “war on terror”, and the conflict in the Middle East, affect these relations
Jane Garnett and Michael Keith
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Chapter 9 explores the East End of London as a place for the conflict and collaboration among the Abrahamic faiths from the nineteenth century into the present. In discussing how diaspora and ...
More
Chapter 9 explores the East End of London as a place for the conflict and collaboration among the Abrahamic faiths from the nineteenth century into the present. In discussing how diaspora and religion interrelate, the chapter presents two examples of the complexities. One of them is the Anglican Church, and the other the Altab Ali park.Less
Chapter 9 explores the East End of London as a place for the conflict and collaboration among the Abrahamic faiths from the nineteenth century into the present. In discussing how diaspora and religion interrelate, the chapter presents two examples of the complexities. One of them is the Anglican Church, and the other the Altab Ali park.
David Feldman
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789888208272
- eISBN:
- 9789888313129
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208272.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This reading of the Damascus Affair reveals that the Jews’ victory does not provide a last vestige of support for an interpretation of the affair as a victory for the progress of reason and ...
More
This reading of the Damascus Affair reveals that the Jews’ victory does not provide a last vestige of support for an interpretation of the affair as a victory for the progress of reason and toleration in the face of barbarism and prejudice. The Jews’ exculpation in Britain was the political and military outcome in the near East, and the political culture which protected the Jews in Britain was steeped in an anti-Catholic current. The Jews’ victory, we might say, signified defeat for one form of prejudice and victory for another.Less
This reading of the Damascus Affair reveals that the Jews’ victory does not provide a last vestige of support for an interpretation of the affair as a victory for the progress of reason and toleration in the face of barbarism and prejudice. The Jews’ exculpation in Britain was the political and military outcome in the near East, and the political culture which protected the Jews in Britain was steeped in an anti-Catholic current. The Jews’ victory, we might say, signified defeat for one form of prejudice and victory for another.