Cultural Dialectic - Statlander, Jane
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This book defines and analyzes the elusive concept of cultural dialectic, as it ambiguously manifests itself in selected works of Ludwig Lewisohn and Cynthia Ozick. Taken separately, the terms "cultural" and "dialectic" each open onto a vast panorama of different - and sometimes competing - significances. Dialectic is understood to represent not the Western philosophical tradition of duality as opposites, but rather the Judaic dialectic, or pilpul, which describes a complementary webbing of consciousness and centerlessness. Lewisohn's and Ozick's works are viewed as unique examples of a…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This book defines and analyzes the elusive concept of cultural dialectic, as it ambiguously manifests itself in selected works of Ludwig Lewisohn and Cynthia Ozick. Taken separately, the terms "cultural" and "dialectic" each open onto a vast panorama of different - and sometimes competing - significances. Dialectic is understood to represent not the Western philosophical tradition of duality as opposites, but rather the Judaic dialectic, or pilpul, which describes a complementary webbing of consciousness and centerlessness. Lewisohn's and Ozick's works are viewed as unique examples of a complex mesh of Judaic, Western, European, American, and Gentile cultural determinants. A slippery confluence of contrasting characteristics, these writings are both autobiographically non-fictional and fictional; factually true, but also invented.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Jane Statlander attended both Bar Ilan University, Israel, and The University of New England, Australia, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in American cultural studies. An American, she presently resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, where she lectures at the Negrev College of Engineering. She has published poems, essays, and short stories, was a culture/theatre/film critic, and recently wrote, produced, and acted in an acclaimed play in Tel Aviv. Her writing has been published in Israel, Germany, England, and the United States.