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Author:   Nachman Ben-Yehuda (Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew Univeristy)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780199734863

ISBN 10:   0199734860
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   13 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: Outlining the Study Prologue 1. Theocratic Democracy and Cultural Conflicts 2. Religion, Politics and Haredim in Israel 3. Methodology: How Information Was Collected 4. The Printed Media: Making News - Constructing Realities Part Two: Haredi Non-Conformity and Deviance 5. Illustrative Events and Affairs 6. Theocratic Underground Groups 7. Themes of Deviance and Unconventionality Part Three: Culture Conflict in the Media 8. Life as It Should Be, The Right of the People Not to Know and Conspiracies of Silence 9. Examining 50 Years of Haredi Deviance Part Four: Discussion and Conclusions 10. Discussion: The Doctrine of Mutual Responsibility, Nonconformity and Deviance vs. Cultural Change and Stability 11. Concluding Summary and some Global Observations

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<br> Theocratic Democracy is an excellent and deeply researched study of dissident religious subcultures, focusing on Israel's growing communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews. The book is hugely significant for understanding the future of the state of Israel, and of Judaism more generally. It also tells us much about the politics of religion and the nature of religious violence. This is a really impressive achievement. --Philip Jenkins, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University<p><br> No one who reads this book will come away with an unchanged impression of Israel and its future. Theocratic Democracy provokes as it dissects Israel's ultraorthodox communities--their authoritarianism, deviant lifestyles, riotous violence, and, above all, political influence. The tension of religious-secular coexistence is now managed by a combination of police control and negotiation, but the orthodox population and its sway grow rapidly. Ben-Yehuda's analysis confronts the read

<br> Theocratic Democracy is an excellent and deeply researched study of dissident religious subcultures, focusing on Israel's growing communities of ultra-Orthodox Jews. The book is hugely significant for understanding the future of the state of Israel, and of Judaism more generally. It also tells us much about the politics of religion and the nature of religious violence. This is a really impressive achievement. --Philip Jenkins, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University<br> No one who reads this book will come away with an unchanged impression of Israel and its future. Theocratic Democracy provokes as it dissects Israel's ultraorthodox communities--their authoritarianism, deviant lifestyles, riotous violence, and, above all, political influence. The tension of religious-secular coexistence is now managed by a combination of police control and negotiation, but the orthodox population and its sway grow rapidly. Ben-Yehuda's analysis confronts the reader

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Nachman Ben-Yehuda is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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