On the Sin We Did Not Commit in the Research of Oriental Jews

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ID12454079
AutoresMoshe Shokeid (autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume6
Fascículo1
Páginas15-33
Data de publicação2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIsrael Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1084-9513 • E-ISSN: 1527-201X
EditoraIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2979/isr.2001.6.1.15
OpenAlexW1983817947
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas7

IT IS CONVENIENT FOR ME to take shelter under the above quoted apology by the late Professor Jacob Katz (the eminent scholar of Jewish social history) as stated in the introduction to his book A Time for Inquiry--A Time for Reflection. 1 These were most probably the last words he wrote in his long career. He defined his last work an "essay," dedicated to the polemic that has been raging in recent years between "new" and "old" historians. Katz believed that the mission of history should be protected from the onslaught of passing trends. Occasionally, I must admit to a feeling of malaise before the onslaught of new fads that seem to threaten the credibility [End Page 15] of sociology and anthropology--trends whose provenance either stems from within the profession or from "invaders" raised in other disciplines. Plainly speaking, I intend to lay bare a professional thesis about a tale of guilt to which Israeli sociologists and anthropologists have resigned themselves, not pausing even momentarily to check the origins of the accusations and their wider implications. As the introductory quotation suggests, the following statements are somewhat impressionistic and reflexive. I admit to excluding many scholars whose works are invaluable for a more thorough and systematic discussion on this subject, and I hope they will forgive me for this failure

Commit · Credibility · Epistemology · Feeling · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Subject (documents · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Philosophy

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