From “Jewish Memory” to Jewish History: Two Perspectives

IF 0.2 2区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
R. Chazan
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Abstract

In his influential Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi analyzed brilliantly the transition in Jewish conceptions of Jewish history from premodern to modern times. The present paper discusses a number of alternative perspectives on this transition. Yerushalmi argued convincingly the importance of the traditional conception of Jewish history, which he labeled “Jewish memory,” for Jewish survival. This paper challenges the terminology, agrees with the role played by the traditional Jewish thinking in Jewish survival, and emphasizes the premodern circumstances that made the traditional thinking so vital and effective. With respect to modern conceptions of Jewish history, which Yerushalmi associates with Jewish history writing, this paper argues that an examination of the circumstances of modernity reveals the creativity of this altered view of the Jewish past and the ways in which it in turn has fostered Jewish survival in the face of radically new challenges.
从“犹太人记忆”到犹太历史:两个视角
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi在其颇具影响力的著作《札克尔:犹太历史与犹太记忆》中,精辟地分析了犹太人对犹太历史的观念从前现代到现代的转变。本文讨论了一些关于这一转变的不同观点。Yerushalmi令人信服地论证了犹太历史的传统观念对犹太人生存的重要性,他称之为“犹太人的记忆”。本文对这些术语提出了质疑,认同传统犹太思想在犹太人生存中所起的作用,并强调了使传统思想如此重要和有效的前现代环境。关于犹太历史的现代概念,Yerushalmi将其与犹太历史写作联系在一起,本文认为,对现代性环境的考察揭示了这种改变的犹太人过去观点的创造力,以及它反过来在面对全新挑战时促进犹太人生存的方式。
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