Mareike Riedel

Law and Jewish Difference

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Produktbeschreibung

"The book explores the lasting legacy of Christian ambivalence towards Jews in Western secular law and engages with broader questions about the cultural foundations of Western secular law, the politics of religious freedom, the racialisation of religion, and the ambivalent nature of legal progress"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781316514870
• ISBN-10: 1316514870
• Artikelnr.: 69927650

Autorenporträt

Mareike Riedel is a Lecturer at Macquarie Law School in Sydney and a Visiting Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. Drawing on her background in both law and the humanities, her research examines the intersections of law, religion, and race and the history of secular law. Before joining Macquarie University, she has held research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, at the Australian National University, and at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Jewish questions past and present
2. From Jewish other to citizen of the Mosaic Faith
3. Contentious cut: Male circumcision, Christian ambivalence, and children's rights
4. The body of the other: a German controversy over circumcision
5. Dividing lines: the eruv, urban space, and public religiosity
6. When Orthodox Judaism goes public: an eruv dispute in Australia
7. Conclusion: persistent ambivalence.