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PUBLIC RITUALS: GRASPING MYTH IN DAVID GROSSMAN’S TO THE END OF THE LAND

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002231a

Y. Almog

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“ICONOCLASTIC THEOLOGY, GILLES DELEUZE AND THE SECRETION OF ATHEISM” 反偶像神学，吉尔·德勒兹和无神论的分泌物

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002285p

Nicolás Panotto

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LEO STRAUSS AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN JUDAISM AND THE THEOLOGICO-POLITICAL PROBLEM 利奥施特劳斯在犹太教和神学政治问题的十字路口

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002173r

Fabián Ludueña Romandini

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THE JEWISH QUESTION, SECULARIZATION AND THE NATION-STATE CRISIS IN HANNAH ARENDT: FOR A POLITICS OF PLURALITY 汉娜·阿伦特的犹太问题、世俗化和民族国家危机:为了多元化的政治

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002191b

Tomas Borovinsky

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“JERUSALEM UNBOUND: GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND THE FUTURE OF THE HOLY CITY” 无拘无束的耶路撒冷:圣城的地理、历史和未来

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002289r

Ignacio Rullansky

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TIKKUN OLAM AND TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: JEWISH VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 奥兰与跨国团结:西班牙内战中的犹太志愿者

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002207r

R. Rein

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IN NETWORK: THE CASE FOR DECOLONIAL JEWISH THOUGHT 网络:非殖民化犹太思想的案例

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002151s

Santiago E. Slabodsky

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SECULARIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO 墨西哥东南部的世俗化与民主化

CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM AND POLITICS Pub Date : 2016-12-26 DOI: 10.54561/prj1002253p

Héctor Gómez Peralta

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