TY - GEN T1 - Hasidism beyond modernity : essays in Habad thought and history A1 - Loewenthal, Naftali, 1944- LA - English PP - Liverpool PB - Liverpool University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1184673809 AB - The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism, and on empowering women. Hasidism Beyond Modernity provides a critical, thematic study of the movement from its beginnings, showing how its unusual qualities evolved. Topics investigated include the theoretical underpinning of the outreach ethos; the turn towards women in the twentieth century; new attitudes to non-Jews; the role of the individual in the hasidic collective; spiritual contemplation in the context of modernity; the quest for inclusivism in the face of prevailing schismatic processes; messianism in both spiritual and political forms; and the direction of the movement after the passing of its seventh rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1994. Attention is given to many contrasts: pre-modern, modern, and postmodern conceptions of Judaism; the clash between maintaining an enclave and outreach models of Jewish society; particularist and universalist trends; and the subtle interplay of mystical faith and rationality. Some of the chapters are new; others, published in an earlier form, have been updated to take account of recent scholarship. This book presents an in-depth study of an intriguing movement which takes traditional hasidism beyond modernity. OP - 433 NO - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2020). CN - BM198.54 .L64 2020 SN - 9781789628203 (ebook) SN - 1789628202 (ebook) SN - 9781906764708 (hardback) SN - 9781906764708 KW - Hasidism. KW - Mysticism : Judaism. KW - Habad : Philosophy. KW - Hassidisme. KW - Mysticisme : Judaïsme. KW - Habad : Philosophie. KW - Habad : Philosophy KW - Hasidism KW - Mysticism : Judaism KW - Electronic book. ER -