Jew Age' among Israeli celebs
Jewish spirituality as discourse of citizenship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asaf Lebovitz (Ariel University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-202 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2015.1060132 |
| OpenAlex | W2301790284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
During the past few decades, the decline in citizenship solidarity and legitimacy within democracies has been under debate. This crisis has been brought about by empowered separatist identity-politics. With a unique approach in mind, using narrative discourse analysis of 12 interviews with Israeli celebrities, this study reveals a new model of inclusive discourse of citizenship. By publicly sharing their personal stories and political ideas, and using their public images as role models in the national consensus, the celebrities act as agents of political discursive change. They express disappointment in celebrity life and separatist, Israeli, identity-politics, and, in reaction, formulate an alternative construction of the concept of citizenship, one that is based upon their personal, spiritual story and ‘Jew Age’ identity. By redefining Israeli-ness on a common, spiritual basis, the celebrities are forging an inclusive, democratic discourse of citizenship, which combines both primordial-local, Jewish, communal traditions, and global, western-orientated, New Age culture. This article thus offers a new perspective on the relations between celebrity politics, contemporary spirituality, and citizenship studies, by re-examining the ability of contemporary democracies to create a reliable and inclusive concept of citizenship, under post-secular, identity politics, through celebrity action in civil society as discourse agents
Aesthetics · Citizenship · Democracy · Legitimacy · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law
New Age Religion and Western Culture
Celebrity and the Environment
Among everyday makers and expert citizens
Multiculturalism and the welfare state
Introduction Multiculturalism and the welfare state
Introduction
Citizenship and Identity
Possession, Power and the New Age
Despair and Deliverance
Contemporary Discourses of Citizenship
Understanding Celebrity
Discourse and Power
Being Israeli
Democratic Deficit
Democracy and Difference
Cultural Intimacy
Thin and thick narrative analysis
The phoenix of ideology
The Democratic Worth of Celebrity Politics in an Era of Late Modernity
National Identity and Support for the Welfare State
Constitutional Democracy
Celebrity Politics
Celebrity Politicians
Celebrity and politics
Celebrity diplomacy, spectacle and Barack Obama
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Association for the Sociology of Religion Presidential Address * Can Post-Secular Society Tolerate Religious Differences
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |