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Starting the Twenty-first Century

Sociological Reflections and Challenges

By: Gitta Tulea

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Sociological Reflections and Challenges

By: Gitta Tulea

Jrgen Habermas, speaking of postmodern society, remarked that extension of the means of communication not only allows a wide range of information, but it also encourages permanent connections between different peoples, cultures, and social discourses. It thus facilitates better general understanding, a clarifying of real or apparent contradictions. But this process becomes truly positive only when it is performed between equal members. Globalization of information does not minimize the possibility of conflict or terrorism, if fundamental social problems are not resolved or at least approached in an active way. This volume examines the major upheavals of the twentieth century and views within the framework of these events and challenges implications for the future. "Values and Cultural Changes in the Postmodern World," by Zygmunt Bauman explores the changing meaning of space in the globalizing environment; S.N. Eisenstadt analyzes the destructive components of modernity; and Irving Louis Horowitz draws attention to the classical values of the common universal culture. "Social Development and Policies in Contemporary Society," by Michael M. Cernea, examines the importance of the applied and policy-orientated research, especially in the developing countries, and David Marsland stresses the positive role of sociology in pointing to the possibilities of improving healthcare in modern society. "Societies in Transition-Eastern Europe," emphasizes transitions that have occurred in Eastern Europe. Rozalina Rjyvkina and Leonid Kosals provide an incisive study of the situation in Russia, while Jerzy J. Wiatr presents a comparative analysis of postcommunist societies, with special reference to Poland. "The Jewish World: Pre- and Post-Holocaust," by Regina Azria, discusses the identity problems in the Diaspora confronting modernity; Eva Etzioni-Halevi considers the newly developed Israeli society from the point of view of the exercise and distribution of power; and a most interesting contribution by Annette Wieviorka concerns the material and spiritual effects of the Holocaust on the Jews of France. Social historians and students of Judaica, as well as a general public interested in cultural pluralism will find this well-developed volume essential reading.

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Starting the Twenty-first Century

Sociological Reflections & Challenges

By: Ernest Krausz,Gitta Tulea

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Starting the Twenty-first Century

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By: Ernest Krausz

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Sociological Reflections & Challenges

By: Ernest Krausz

This text examines some of the major changes of the twentieth century, and provides insights into possible future trends. Eleven papers, contributed by fourteen international social scientists, cover the areas of values and cultural changes in the postmodern world, contemporary social development and policies, transitional changes in the societies of Eastern Europe, and particular aspects of the pre- and post-Holocaust Jewish world, including Israel. For social historians and students of Judaica, as well as the general public interested in cultural pluralism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Sociological Reflections and Challenges

By: Ernest Krausz,Gitta Tulea

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Postmodernism and The Cunning of Reason -- Part 1 Values and Cultural Changes in the Postmodern World -- 1. Space in the Globalizing World -- 2. Barbarism and Modernity: The Destructive Components of Modernity-The Perennial Challenge -- 3. Social Science as Cultural Formation: A View from America -- Part 2 Social Development and Policies in Contemporary Society -- 4. Development of Applied Social Science-The World Bank Experience -- 5. Progressing Health and Healthcare: A Positive Role for Sociology? -- Part 3 Societies in Transition-Eastern Europe -- 6. Socialist and Capitalist Experiments in the Twentieth Century-The Case of Russia -- 7. Post-Communist Societies: Ten Years After -- Part 4 The Jewish World: Pre- and Post-Holocaust -- 8. Jewish Identities and the Diaspora-The Diaspora Paradigm Confronting Modernity -- 9. The Jews of Independent Poland-Linguistic and Cultural Changes -- 10. Who Rules Israel? -- 11. Despoliation, Reparation, Compensation: The Case of the Jews in France -- Contributors -- Index

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Jewish Survival

The Identity Problem at the Close of the Twentieth Century

By: Ernest Krausz,Gitta Tulea

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Jewish Survival

The Identity Problem at the Close of the Twentieth Century

By: Ernest Krausz,Gitta Tulea

These essays address Jewish identity, Jewish survival, and Jewish continuity. The authors account for and analyze trends in Jewish identification and the reciprocal effects of the relationship between the Diaspora and Israel at the end of the twentieth century. Jewish identification in contemporary society is a complex phenomenon. Since the emancipation of Jews in Europe and the major historic events of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel, there have been substantial changes in the collective Jewish identity. As a result, Jewish identity and the Jewish process of identification had to confront the new realities of an open society, its economic globalization, and the impacts of cultural pluralism. The trends in Jewish identification are toward fewer and weaker points of attachment: fewer Jews who hold religious beliefs with such beliefs held less strongly; less religious ritual observance; attachment to Zionism and Israel becoming diluted; and ethnic communal bonds weakening. Jews are also more involved in the wider society in the Diaspora due to fewer barriers and less overt anti-Semitism. This opens up possibilities for cultural integration and assimilation. In Israel, too, there are signs of greater interest in the modern world culture. The major questions addressed by this volume is whether Jewish civilization will continue to provide the basic social framework and values that will lead Jews into the twenty-first century and ensure their survival as a specific social entity. The book contains special contributions by Professor Julius Gould and Professor Irving Louis Horowitz and chapters on "Sociological Analysis of Jewish Identity"; "Jewish Community Boundaries"; and "Factual Accounts from the Diaspora and Israel.

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