The unconverted self: Jews, Indians, and the identity of Christian Europe
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Main Author: Boyarin, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press ©2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 119}-182) and index
Until the conversion of the self -- Muslims -- Christendom -- The universe of the human -- Text and translation -- Conclusion: the Christian dimension
Europe's formative encounter with its "others" is still widely assumed to have come with its discovery of the peoples of the New World. But, as Jonathan Boyarin argues, long before 1492 Christian Europe imagined itself in distinction to the Jewish difference within. The presence and image of Jews in Europe afforded the Christian majority a foil against which it could refine and maintain its own identity. In fundamental ways this experience, along with the ongoing contest between Christianity and Islam, shaped the rhetoric, attitudes, and policies of Christian colonizers in the New World. The Un
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ISBN:0226069141
9780226069142

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