Moses and Multiculturalism
Moses and Multiculturalism
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Summary
Countering impressions of Moses reinforced by Sigmund Freud in his "Moses and Monotheism", this work begins with the perception that the story of Moses is at once the most nationalist and the most multicultural of all foundation narratives. It explores how the story of Moses has been appropriated, reimagined, and transmitted across cultures.
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Moses and Multiculturalism by Barbara Johnson
Countering impressions of Moses reinforced by Sigmund Freud in his epoch-making "Moses and Monotheism", this concise, engaging work begins with the perception that the story of Moses is at once the most nationalist and the most multicultural of all foundation narratives. Weaving together various texts - biblical passages, philosophy, poems, novels, opera, and movies - Barbara Johnson explores how the story of Moses has been appropriated, reimagined, and transmitted across cultures and historical moments. But she finds that already in the Bible, the story of Moses is a multicultural story, the story of someone who functions well in a world to which he, unbeknownst to the casual observer, does not belong. Using the Moses story as a lens through which to view questions at the heart of contemporary literary, philosophical, and ethical debates, Johnson shows how, through a close analysis of this figure's recurrence through time, we might understand something of the paradoxes, if not the impasses of contemporary multiculturalism.
"A strong book" -- Gyula Somogyi Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
Barbara Johnson was Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and the Frederic Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University. Among her books are Persons and Things, The Critical Difference: Essays in the Contemporary Rhetoric of Reading, and The Feminist Difference: Literature, Psychoanalysis, Race, and Gender.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780520262546 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520262549 |
| Title | Moses and Multiculturalism |
| Author | Barbara Johnson |
| Series | Flashpoints |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2010-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 126 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |