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Yeshiva Fundamentalism – Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra–Orthodox World

Autor Nurit Stadler
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2008
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism, Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor market, the army, and the construction of organizations that aid terror victims. In their private thoughts and sometimes public actions, they are resisting the demands placed on them to reject all aspects of the secular world.
Because women are not allowed in the yeshiva setting, Stadler s research methods had to be creative. She invented a way to simulate yeshiva learning with young yeshiva men by first studying with an informant to learn key religious texts, often having to do with family life, sexuality, or participation in the larger society. This informant then invited students over to discuss these texts with Stadler and himself outside of the yeshiva setting. This strategy enabled Stadler to gain access to aspects of yeshiva life in which a woman is usually unable to participate, and to hear unofficial thoughts and reactions which would have been suppressed had the interviews taken place within the yeshiva.
Yeshiva Fundamentalism provides an intriguing and at times surprising glimpse inside the all-male world of the ultra-orthodox yeshivas in Israel, while providing insights relevant to the larger context of transformations of fundamentalism worldwide. While there has been much research into how contemporary feminism has influenced the study of fundamentalist groups worldwide, little work has focused on ultra-Orthodox men s desires to change, as Stadler does here, showing how fundamentalist men are themselves involved in the formulation of new meanings of piety, gender, modernity and relations with the Israeli state."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814740491
ISBN-10: 0814740499
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 16 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: MI – New York University

Recenzii

“In this ground-breaking work, Nurit Stadler accomplishes the seemingly impossible by penetrating the exclusive male enclave of the ultra-orthodox yeshiva. Her methods are not merely innovative, but truly inspired. The results are remarkable.” Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University
"This brief but exceptionally rich ethnography of the "Haredi", the ultra-Orthodox male Yeshiva world in Israel, is an important contribution on many levels. Stadler successfully pioneers a methodology for studying an institution she cannot directly access: the methodologically preferred field approach--participant-observation of behavior--is, in this setting, not possible for a woman. She gets around thisbarrier by using alternative tools. Moreover, given the dearth of true observational studies of this bastion of male Jewish learning, this pioneering effort not only unravels some complexities of the Yeshiva world, but also uncovers the seeds of rebellion brewing among younger scholars who are verbalizing objections to their teachers' rejection of integration and full participation in Israeli society. . . . If Stadler's analysis is correct, a mini-revolution is in the offing for Haredi society and its future role and status in Israel. A must read! . . . Essential."-"Choice",

Notă biografică

Nurit Stadler is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her publications include Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox (New York University Press, 2008), A Well-Worn Tallis for a New Ceremony (Academic Studies Press, 2012) and Voices of the Ritual: Devotion to Female Saints and Shrines in the Holy Land (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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Shows how fundamentalist men are involved in the formulation of new meanings of piety, gender, modernity and relations with the Israeli state