Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education
The Scholars’ Enclave in Unrest
Biographical note
Yohai Hakak, Ph.D. (1970), is a senior lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth. He has published many articles and mongraphs and co-directed a documentary series about the Jewish Haredi community in Israel.
Readership
Those interested in contemporary Israeli society, the contemporary Haredi community and contemporary Judaism, as well as those interested in religious fundamentalist education and religious enclave communities.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Literature: Fundamentalism and the Haredi Society: Between Tradition and Change
Chapter 2: Collecting the Data: Beginnings
Chapter 3: The Ideal Haredi Male Body: The Struggles between Body and Soul in Haredi Education
Chapter 4: Equality or Excellence in Students’ Achievements
Chapter 5: Holy Amnesia: Remembering Religious Sages as Superhumans or as Simply Human
Chapter 6: Deviating, Resisting and Challenging the Ideal Male Bodily Model
Chapter 7: Psychology and Democracy in the Name of the God? Modern and Secular Discourses on Parenting in the Service of Conservative Religious Aims
Chapter 8: Will the Scholars’ Enclave Re-adjust?
Bibliography
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Literature: Fundamentalism and the Haredi Society: Between Tradition and Change
Chapter 2: Collecting the Data: Beginnings
Chapter 3: The Ideal Haredi Male Body: The Struggles between Body and Soul in Haredi Education
Chapter 4: Equality or Excellence in Students’ Achievements
Chapter 5: Holy Amnesia: Remembering Religious Sages as Superhumans or as Simply Human
Chapter 6: Deviating, Resisting and Challenging the Ideal Male Bodily Model
Chapter 7: Psychology and Democracy in the Name of the God? Modern and Secular Discourses on Parenting in the Service of Conservative Religious Aims
Chapter 8: Will the Scholars’ Enclave Re-adjust?
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