TY - BOOK AU - Newton,Adam Zachary TI - Jewish studies as counterlife: a report to the academy SN - 9780823283965 AV - BM71 .N49 2019eb U1 - 296.07 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Fordham University Press KW - Judaism KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Jews KW - Judaïsme KW - Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) KW - Juifs KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Jewish Studies KW - fast KW - Academy KW - Community KW - Science of Judaism KW - dialogic, disciplinarity KW - figure KW - humanities KW - inter-discursive KW - lever KW - pitchfork KW - report KW - satire KW - "to come" KW - Electronic books KW - Literary criticism KW - lcgft KW - Critiques littéraires KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Interchapter I. Js Davka --; Chapter 1. Jewish studies as lever --; Interchapter II. The dialectics of owner ship --; Chapter 2. Jewish studies and the pitchfork --; Interchapter III. "Past its own aim, out to another side" --; Chapter 3. Mochlos or Makhlokes: js and the humanities --; Interchapter IV. Speaking of js; and its vicissitudes --; Chapter 4. Bildungsheld or Pícaro, canon and list: a heterotopology for js --; Interchapter V. Bildung and built-ins --; Chapter 5. Ventilating the tradition: Rashbam and the Coen brothers --; Epilogue. Knotted thread, middle game: an envoi --; Notes --; Works cited --; Index N2 - This book seeks to harness the possibilities offered by the evolving collection of forces by which Jewish Studies is constituted and practiced in order to open, refashion, and exemplify possibilities for a humanities to come UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1863976 ER -