Opis: Futurizing Jews Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Ex - Moshe Dror, Tsvi Bisk, T Bisk

Bisk and Dror assert that the 21st Century has the potential to be the Jewish Century and that no other people is better prepared to face its challenges. However, to do so, a stress on the Jewish Future must replace a preoccupation with the Jewish Past. They offer a neo-Zionist ideological analysis of modern Jewish life as an alternative to both classical Zionism and post-Zionism. They conceptualize a Jewish Grand Strategy by clearly defining and delineating between ideology, policy, grand strategy, strategy and tactics, with compelling proposals for what such a revised Grand Strategy might entail. They suggest a concept of reinvigorated Israel-Diaspora relations based on this new Grand Strategy and the potential of the Information Technology Revolution. They also offer a conception of Jewish spirituality that could be as appealing to secular as to religious Jews. They reject the concept of a "Nation that Dwells Alone". Throughout the ages, Jews have affected and been affected by the world more than any other people, they assert. They also reject the view that suffering is the dominant feature of Jewish history, as this lachrymose perception cannot inspire needed Jewish ambitions in the young. They stress the needs of the individual Jewish person and insist that there can be no real significance to the continued existence of the Jewish People unless the real life, concrete needs of the individual are addressed. "Few writers can match Bisk in his in-depth grasp of the situation of world Jewry yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Few have the creativity, the sensitivity, and the chutzpah to make spirit-stretching sense of it. Few are as helpful in enabling us to feel the urgency of the situation, know how high are the stakes, and resolve to do more to assure a 21st century for world Jewry that honors us all, Jew and Gentile alike."-Professor Arthur B. Shostak Sociologist Drexel University, Philadelphia, PAIntroduction - the task of the Jewish futurist;the world we live in the triumph of Zionism; Zionism in the 21st century; the special case of American Jewry; Israeli Grand Strategy - A Historical Critique; reinventing Israeli grand strategy; reinventing Israel-diaspora relations; the future of Arab-Jewish relations; the future of ethnic relations and Israeli culture; the future of Jewish-Christian relations; the future of Jewish identity; the cyber world we live in; the future of Jewish spirituality; the future of Jewish learning; the Jewish community in cyberspace.

Szczegóły: Futurizing Jews Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Ex - Moshe Dror, Tsvi Bisk, T Bisk

Tytuł: Futurizing Jews Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Ex
Autor: Moshe Dror, Tsvi Bisk, T Bisk
Producent: Praeger
ISBN: 9780275969080
Rok produkcji: 2003
Ilość stron: 260
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.58 kg

Recenzje: Futurizing Jews Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Ex - Moshe Dror, Tsvi Bisk, T Bisk