Course Title: Topics in Critical Social Thought: 'Citizens and Subjects: Jews in the Modern World' |
Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
Description: This course examines key themes in Jewish intellectual, religious, and political life from the late 17th century to the present. We examine: the effect of civil emancipation and the Enlightenment on Jewish philosophy and theology; Jews as both architects of modern thought and the paradigmatic Other in European liberal nation-states; the transformation of traditional Jewish religious rituals and belief systems in response to dramatic social and political life; new patterns of gender and family organization; the effect of antisemitism, Zionism, and imperialism on Jewish politics; and contemporary Jewish intellectual innovation, including feminist and queer thought. |
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
Mara Benjamin   |           | benjamin@mtholyoke.edu   |
Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023   | Discussion   | Monday and Wednesday   | 10:00AM - 11:15AM   | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory   | 126   | Weekly |
Requisite Courses         | ||
None |           |           |
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Course Tags         |
Cross-listed Sections         |
JWST-269-01 Citizens and Subjects   |
RELIG-269-01 Citizens and Subjects   |
CST-249JM-01 Citizens and Subjects   |
Course Availability | ||||
Section status: Closed     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 18     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
To be determined. |           |           |
Additional Book Comments         |
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |