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The modern individual and the hasidic praxis of storytelling
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-07 , DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2021.1971935
Chen Mandel-Edrei 1
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ABSTRACT

This paper examines the ways in which hasidic hagiography (ספרות השבחים) responded interpretively to modern notions of the individual, situating those interpretations alongside other trends in modern philosophy rooted in Kantian thinking and espoused by Kierkegaard, Buber and Nietzsche. Though generally treated as backward folklore representative of a primal Jewish past, or of the theological morality of hasidic homily, this paper shows how mass-produced hasidic hagiography in 1860s Galicia reflects key cultural changes in collective and individual consciousness and practice regarding the self in Eastern European Jewish society. After first establishing the historical and philosophical contexts within which hasidic hagiography emerged, this paper examines what these stories add to modern philosophical literary discourses. Considering Geörg Lukács’ critique of the historical novel after the 1848 revolutions, this paper illuminates the social and personal qualities of hasidic storytelling. In these stories, I argue, the essence of individuality relies on the communal practice of storytelling and the intersubjective relationships it entails. Thus, the story, according to Hasidism, is neither a bourgeois abstract privilege, nor a literary means for establishing the imagined national community. Rather, it is an existential necessity; a product of individuated craftsmanship in an ever-developing community.



中文翻译:

现代个体与讲故事的哈西德式实践

摘要

本文研究了哈西德圣徒传记(ספרות השבחים)对现代个人概念的解释性回应,将这些解释与植根于康德思想并受到克尔凯郭尔、布伯和尼采拥护的现代哲学的其他趋势放在一起。尽管通常被视为代表原始犹太过去或哈西德教义的神学道德的落后民间传说,但本文展示了 1860 年代加利西亚大规模生产的哈西德圣徒传记如何反映东方集体和个人意识和实践中关于自我的关键文化变化欧洲犹太社会。在首先确定了哈西德圣徒传记出现的历史和哲学背景之后,本文考察了这些故事对现代哲学文学话语的影响。考虑到 Geörg Lukács 对 1848 年革命后历史小说的批评,本文阐明了哈西德式讲故事的社会和个人品质。我认为,在这些故事中,个性的本质依赖于讲故事的公共实践以及它所包含的主体间关系。因此,在哈西德主义看来,这个故事既不是资产阶级的抽象特权,也不是建立想象中的民族共同体的文学手段。相反,这是存在的必要性。在不断发展的社区中,个性化工艺的产物。个性的本质依赖于讲故事的共同实践和它所需要的主体间关系。因此,在哈西德主义看来,这个故事既不是资产阶级的抽象特权,也不是建立想象中的民族共同体的文学手段。相反,这是存在的必要性。在不断发展的社区中,个性化工艺的产物。个性的本质依赖于讲故事的共同实践和它所需要的主体间关系。因此,在哈西德主义看来,这个故事既不是资产阶级的抽象特权,也不是建立想象中的民族共同体的文学手段。相反,这是存在的必要性。在不断发展的社区中,个性化工艺的产物。

更新日期:2021-09-07
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