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Publication Date: 2017-Aug
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Theocracy and Pedagogy: Public Education in a "Postsecular" Israel
Hotam, Yotam
Comparative Education Review, v61 n3 p538-557 Aug 2017
The return of religion and religiosity, on almost all social, cultural, and political fronts, has informed the academic agenda of the last decade. It is marked by a growing scholarly use of the concept of the "postsecular." Against this background, this article brings the concept of the postsecular to bear on the transformation of contemporary Jewish national education in Israel. Its main argument is that the arrangements currently on display between secular and sacral notions in national Jewish education illustrate the rise of a new theocratic vision for Israel. This neoreligious thrust challenges the former interplay between secular and religious notions, which has served as the basis for Jewish national (i.e., Zionist) education. The article also places the notion of a postsecular emergent society within a particular social and political context, pointing to a broader and much richer phenomenon than hitherto suggested.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Religion, Religious Education, Jews, Judaism, Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Religious Factors, Political Influences, Social Change
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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