Alex M Feldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6461813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex M Feldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex M |
| FAMILY NAME | Feldman |
| SIGNATURE | FELDMAN A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Endicott College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7044-7188 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Zero Sum Political Economy
Nationalism, Socialism and Zero-Sum Thinking
Law and Wealth
The Khazar-Ashkenazi Descent Theory
Plato introduces his Myth of Blood and Soil with the blunt admission that it is a fraud. ‘Well then’, says the Socrates of the Republic, ‘could we perhaps
The Monotheisation of Khazaria
This chapter discusses conversion to Judaism within the Khazar khağanate regarding dating and ethnogenesis. It evaluates many theories about Khazarian society and previous scholars’ attempts to contextualise the Khazars’ adoption of Judaism. While contemporaneous dynasties adopted and imposed Islam (Islamisation) or Christianity (Christianisation) on their subjects, the Khazarian khağans adopted (but didn’t impose) Judaism (Judaisation). Each of …
Epigraph
Extract דִֽי ֹבוּכְת־ֶאָא֥וּ רְו֖אוּ ָבוּנֹ֑וֹת שּׁלְהְַויִ֖ם ֹּוַגהל־ּכָת־ֶאבֵּ֥ץ קְַלאָ֕ה ּבָ֣תֵֹיהֶ֔ם בְׁשחְַמוֵּׂיהֶם֙ שֲֽעַמֽנכִֹ֗י ָאְווָָן֑ ְיובַ֣ל ּתֻשֶׁת ֶ֖קְׁכֵי ֹ֥שמוּד לְ֛וּל ּופִׁ֥֨ישׁ שרְּתַיִ֞ם ֹּוַגהל־ֶאטִים יֵלּפְ| הֶ֣ם ֵמחְתִּ֣י ַּלְִׁשוֹת ֗ואהֶ֜ם ָבְתִּ֨י ׂמְַשויִםֽ ֹּוּגבַדִ֖י ֹבוּכְת־ֶאּ֥ידוּ ִגהְִודִ֔י ֹבוּכְת־ֶאא֣וּ ָרֹא־ְֽלוְעיִ מׁשִת־ֶאמְע֚וּ ֽׁשָא־ֹלֶֽׁ֨ר ֲשאיִם ֹ֗ קְָֽח רהִּיִ֣ם יאָֽהAnd I, because of what they have pla…
The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
The stories of medieval conversions have been told many times and frequently focus on the story of the individual ruler’s conversion; the process is usually set in Europe and couched in terms of Christianisation. Yet similar processes occurred further east, as dynasties such as the Sāmānids or Almušids chose Islam in central Asia, or the Khazar Āšīnà dynasty chose Judaism. Each dynast had his reasons of political expediency for making his choice …
A Commonwealth Inchoate
This chapter finalises the story of Khazaria regarding Byzantine Pontic policy before 989 CE and gives a prelude to the so-called “Byzantine Commonwealth.” It discusses two competing theories for the downfall of the Khazar khağanate in the 10 th century – one based on competition with the Rus’ for tribute from local subject populations (and culminating in the pagan Rus’ prince Svjatoslav’s assault against Khazaria). The other theory is based on K…
Monotheisation in Metal
This chapter discusses comparative coin reforms and ecumenical empires. In 837/838 CE, the Khazar khagan initiated a coin reform meant to affirm his religion on the coinage to be circulated throughout his realm. Though in Arabic script and consciously copying the contemporary Islamic dirham, it read “Moses is messenger of God,” alongside the common Arabic script reading, “Mohammed is the messenger of God,” at the time, Khazaria was a considerable…
The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
A comparative approach to the effects of monotheism on ethnicity and state-formation in Western Eurasia Offers a comparative approach to the study of previous understandings of ethnogenesis and state-formation across 8-13th-c. Western Eurasia Challenges conventional notions of ethnogenesis, state-formation and periodization Relies on a variety of source materials and methodologies in order to facilitate a holistic rendering of archaeological and …
A Proposition
The first chapter proposes the book’s unifying arguments, that only by de-mystifying the entire tripartite division of history (into ancient, medieval and modern) are we able to contrive present ethno-national identities not as “forming” in some stable, if debatable abstract periodisation, but as being created by the process of various ruling dynasties’ conversions to various monotheisms, whenever and wherever it occurred. Namely, a nation didn’t…
A Reassessment of Civilisation in Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
This chapter discusses in depth the broader implications of the book. First and most importantly is the exploration of the processual concept of monotheisation (encompassing Christianisation, Islamisation and/or Judaisation), and their accompanying features when imposed top-down, which together neatly encapsulate both the formations of dynastic sovereignties and the top-down internalisations of confessional identities at the frontiers of each res…
Local families, local allegiances
Many studies of the medieval Black Sea address the importance of Byzantine imperial agency in facilitating economic and political exchange. However, few studies examine the limits of Byzantine statehood regarding trans-Black Sea local dynasts. This study, primarily utilizing sigillography, focuses on the eleventh-twelfth century notable families of Cherson and Trebizond in case studies, particularly the well-known Tzouloi and Gavrades: two cities…
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Local families, local allegiances
Many studies of the medieval Black Sea address the importance of Byzantine imperial agency in facilitating economic and political exchange. However, few studies examine the limits of Byzantine statehood regarding trans-Black Sea local dynasts. This study, primarily utilizing sigillography, focuses on the eleventh-twelfth century notable families of Cherson and Trebizond in case studies, particularly the well-known Tzouloi and Gavrades: two cities…
The Khazar-Ashkenazi Descent Theory
Plato introduces his Myth of Blood and Soil with the blunt admission that it is a fraud. ‘Well then’, says the Socrates of the Republic, ‘could we perhaps
The Monotheisation of Khazaria
This chapter discusses conversion to Judaism within the Khazar khağanate regarding dating and ethnogenesis. It evaluates many theories about Khazarian society and previous scholars’ attempts to contextualise the Khazars’ adoption of Judaism. While contemporaneous dynasties adopted and imposed Islam (Islamisation) or Christianity (Christianisation) on their subjects, the Khazarian khağans adopted (but didn’t impose) Judaism (Judaisation). Each of …
Epigraph
Extract דִֽי ֹבוּכְת־ֶאָא֥וּ רְו֖אוּ ָבוּנֹ֑וֹת שּׁלְהְַויִ֖ם ֹּוַגהל־ּכָת־ֶאבֵּ֥ץ קְַלאָ֕ה ּבָ֣תֵֹיהֶ֔ם בְׁשחְַמוֵּׂיהֶם֙ שֲֽעַמֽנכִֹ֗י ָאְווָָן֑ ְיובַ֣ל ּתֻשֶׁת ֶ֖קְׁכֵי ֹ֥שמוּד לְ֛וּל ּופִׁ֥֨ישׁ שרְּתַיִ֞ם ֹּוַגהל־ֶאטִים יֵלּפְ| הֶ֣ם ֵמחְתִּ֣י ַּלְִׁשוֹת ֗ואהֶ֜ם ָבְתִּ֨י ׂמְַשויִםֽ ֹּוּגבַדִ֖י ֹבוּכְת־ֶאּ֥ידוּ ִגהְִודִ֔י ֹבוּכְת־ֶאא֣וּ ָרֹא־ְֽלוְעיִ מׁשִת־ֶאמְע֚וּ ֽׁשָא־ֹלֶֽׁ֨ר ֲשאיִם ֹ֗ קְָֽח רהִּיִ֣ם יאָֽהAnd I, because of what they have pla…
The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
The stories of medieval conversions have been told many times and frequently focus on the story of the individual ruler’s conversion; the process is usually set in Europe and couched in terms of Christianisation. Yet similar processes occurred further east, as dynasties such as the Sāmānids or Almušids chose Islam in central Asia, or the Khazar Āšīnà dynasty chose Judaism. Each dynast had his reasons of political expediency for making his choice …
A Commonwealth Inchoate
This chapter finalises the story of Khazaria regarding Byzantine Pontic policy before 989 CE and gives a prelude to the so-called “Byzantine Commonwealth.” It discusses two competing theories for the downfall of the Khazar khağanate in the 10 th century – one based on competition with the Rus’ for tribute from local subject populations (and culminating in the pagan Rus’ prince Svjatoslav’s assault against Khazaria). The other theory is based on K…
Monotheisation in Metal
This chapter discusses comparative coin reforms and ecumenical empires. In 837/838 CE, the Khazar khagan initiated a coin reform meant to affirm his religion on the coinage to be circulated throughout his realm. Though in Arabic script and consciously copying the contemporary Islamic dirham, it read “Moses is messenger of God,” alongside the common Arabic script reading, “Mohammed is the messenger of God,” at the time, Khazaria was a considerable…
The Monotheisation of Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
A comparative approach to the effects of monotheism on ethnicity and state-formation in Western Eurasia Offers a comparative approach to the study of previous understandings of ethnogenesis and state-formation across 8-13th-c. Western Eurasia Challenges conventional notions of ethnogenesis, state-formation and periodization Relies on a variety of source materials and methodologies in order to facilitate a holistic rendering of archaeological and …
A Proposition
The first chapter proposes the book’s unifying arguments, that only by de-mystifying the entire tripartite division of history (into ancient, medieval and modern) are we able to contrive present ethno-national identities not as “forming” in some stable, if debatable abstract periodisation, but as being created by the process of various ruling dynasties’ conversions to various monotheisms, whenever and wherever it occurred. Namely, a nation didn’t…
A Reassessment of Civilisation in Pontic-Caspian Eurasia
This chapter discusses in depth the broader implications of the book. First and most importantly is the exploration of the processual concept of monotheisation (encompassing Christianisation, Islamisation and/or Judaisation), and their accompanying features when imposed top-down, which together neatly encapsulate both the formations of dynastic sovereignties and the top-down internalisations of confessional identities at the frontiers of each res…
Zero Sum Political Economy
Nationalism, Socialism and Zero-Sum Thinking
Law and Wealth
Ancient history (9 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (9 works) · History (9 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Islam (4 works) · Judaism (4 works)