The afterlife of Moses :: exile, democracy, renewal /

"In The Afterlife of Moses, Steinberg addresses the story of Moses and the Exodus as a foundational myth of politics, of the formation not of a nation but of a political community grounded in universal law. Motivated in part by this recent period of reactionary insurgency in the US, Europe, and...

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1. Verfasser: Steinberg, Michael P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Cultural memory in the present.
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Zusammenfassung:"In The Afterlife of Moses, Steinberg addresses the story of Moses and the Exodus as a foundational myth of politics, of the formation not of a nation but of a political community grounded in universal law. Motivated in part by this recent period of reactionary insurgency in the US, Europe, and Israel, this work of intellectual history articulates the way in which a critique of myths of origin as a principle of democratic government, affect, and citizenship has equal relevance in these places and equal fragility"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503632301
150363230X