The Dialectics of Diaspora: On the Art of Being Jewish in the Swedish Modernity

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Abstract

This article provides a perspective on "what a Jewish way of relating to life" builds upon and signifies.From this the questionof how the specific Jewish traditional frame of mind and its understanding of the concept of religion and identity, and particularly the predicament of living as a minority in teh Diaspora have rendered teh Jewish group capable of today being at the same time a distinct national minority in Sweden and formly integrated in teh modern society.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Road to Nowhere? : Jewish experiences in the unifying Europe
EditorsJulius Schoeps, Olaf Glöckner
Place of PublicationLeiden & Boston
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date2011
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-20158-3
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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