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The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews

The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews

Mamet, David

Paperback

Series: Jewish Encounters

JudaismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0805211578
ISBN13: 9780805211573
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: Sep 15 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
David Mamet's interest in anti-Semitism is not limited to the modern face of an ancient hatred but encompasses as well the ways in which many Jews have internalized that hatred. Using the metaphor of the Wicked Son at the Passover seder (the child who asks, What does this story mean to you?) Mamet confronts what he sees as an insidious predilection among some Jews to exclude themselves from the equation and to seek truth and meaning anywhere--in other religions, political movements, mindless entertainment--but in Judaism itself. He also explores the ways in which the Jewish tradition has long been and still remains the Wicked Son in the eyes of the world. Written with the searing honesty and verbal brilliance that is the hallmark of Mamet's work, The Wicked Son is a powerfully thought-provoking look at one of the most destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life.

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