Law and Jewish difference : ambivalent encounters / Mareike Riedel, Macquarie University.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Description
x, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : Jewish questions past and present From Jewish other to citizen of the Mosaic faith Contentious cut : male circumcision, Christian ambivalence, and children's rights The body of the other : a German controversy over circumcision Dividing lines : the eruv, urban space, and public religiosity When Orthodox Judaism goes public : an eruv dispute in Australia Persistent ambivalence : concluding thoughts.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
