Joseph Loss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5686548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Loss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Loss |
| SIGNATURE | LOSS J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Buddha-Dhamma in Israel
This article describes and analyzes aspects of non-religious and non-secular translation and localization of a world religious tradition in the contemporary post-secular globalized period. The case under consideration is the recent phenomenon of Jewish-Israeli adoption of Buddha-Dhamma (the path of the Buddha). The article presents ethnographic as well as quantitative data to highlight two seemingly opposing practices regarding religion and secul…
The Other as Brother
Most depictions of "peripheral," nation-states' anthropologies assume that the anthropology's Other is a given, pre-defined subordinated group. Using the beginnings of Israeli anthropology (1960s-1970s) as our case study, we explore instead how while appropriating academic dominant paradigms of the time and aspiring to national unity, Israeli anthropologists were articulating through their choices of research subjects and research topics, and thr…
The Other as Brother
Most depictions of "peripheral," nation-states' anthropologies assume that the anthropology's Other is a given, pre-defined subordinated group. Using the beginnings of Israeli anthropology (1960s-1970s) as our case study, we explore instead how while appropriating academic dominant paradigms of the time and aspiring to national unity, Israeli anthropologists were articulating through their choices of research subjects and research topics, and thr…
The Other as Brother
Most depictions of "peripheral," nation-states' anthropologies assume that the anthropology's Other is a given, pre-defined subordinated group. Using the beginnings of Israeli anthropology (1960s-1970s) as our case study, we explore instead how while appropriating academic dominant paradigms of the time and aspiring to national unity, Israeli anthropologists were articulating through their choices of research subjects and research topics, and thr…
Buddha-Dhamma in Israel
This article describes and analyzes aspects of non-religious and non-secular translation and localization of a world religious tradition in the contemporary post-secular globalized period. The case under consideration is the recent phenomenon of Jewish-Israeli adoption of Buddha-Dhamma (the path of the Buddha). The article presents ethnographic as well as quantitative data to highlight two seemingly opposing practices regarding religion and secul…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 works) · Buddhism (1 works) · Gautama Buddha (1 works) · Identity (music) (1 works) · Islam (1 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (1 works)