Finding meaning : an existential quest in post-modern Israel /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Mayseless, Ofra (Editor), Russo-Netzer, Pninit (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Finding Meaning
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Part I
  • 1. The Israeli Scene as a Case Study of Processes of Search for Meaning in Life in a Post-​Modern and Globalized World
  • Part II
  • 2. The Meaning of Life Through Israeli Eyes: Happiness and Creativity in the Restless Start-​Up Nation
  • 3. Multitopia: Searching for Meaning in the Rothschild Encampment During the Summer 2011 Social Protest
  • 4. Yearning for Meaning: Israeli Terror Casualties' Families Community and the National Bereavement Discourse
  • Part III
  • 5. In Search of Meaning and Holy Redemption: The Case of the Hilltop Youth in the Occupied West Bank
  • 6. The Meaning of Denial: Lessons from Immortality Dreams
  • 7. Aging in the Shadow of Trauma: Meaning in Life as a Resource for Older Adults in Israel
  • 8. In Search for Meaning Through Survivors' Memoirs: Intergenerational Healing Processes in Families of Holocaust Survivors in the Israeli Context
  • Part IV
  • 9. The Zionist Absurd: Israel's Politics of Fear, Freedom, and Bad Faith
  • 10. Cultural Scripts, Personal Meaning, and Ethno-​Class Identities Among Jews in Israel
  • 11. On Secular and Religious Politics of Belonging: What Does It Mean to Be an Arab-​Palestinian Citizen in Israel?
  • 12. The Quest for Meaning and Fulfillment Among Haredi Women in Israel
  • 13. Transcending Locality: From Embodied Meaning to Universal Identification in Vipassana Meditation Practice in Israel
  • Part V
  • 14. Contemporary Spirituality in Israel: The Search for Meaning and the Privatization of Judaism Following the Decline of the Secular Zionist Meta-​Narrative
  • 15. Judaism Is the New Orient: How Experiencing the Far East Helps Israelis Find Meaning in Their Jewish Tradition
  • 16. Jewish Spiritualization as "Meaning Injection": An Ethnography of a Rabbinic Seminar in the Israeli Military
  • 17. Religious Sense-​Making, Purpose-​Making, and Significance-​Making Among Jewish, Druze, and Muslim Young Adults in Israel
  • Part VI
  • 18. Meaning in Life at the Crossroads of Personal Processes and Cultural Crisis
  • Index
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