Cargando…
Material culture and Jewish thought in America /
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 pra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2010.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 342 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253004161 0253004160 1282555189 9781282555181 9786612555183 6612555181 |