1st Edition
Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision Writing with Blood
By Na'ama Carlin
Copyright 2023
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book uses the Jewish ritual of circumcision to consider how violent acts are embedded within entrenched moral discourses and offers a new perspective for thinking about violence.
Intervening in contemporary debates on the Jewish ritual of circumcision, it departs from both the ordinary secular defences of circumcision for medical reasons, and the criticisms that consider it an unethical... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1. Problematising Violence and Morality
Chapter 2. Conceptualising Circumcision
Chapter 3. The Genesis of Jewish Ritual Circumcision
Chapter 4. Agency, authorship, and Writing in the Making of the Self
Chapter 5. From Rite to Write
Conclusion: The Cut that Makes Whole
Bibliography
Biography
Na’ama Carlin is a sociologist in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
