Theocratic democracy : the social construction of religious and secular extremism

Theocratic democracy : the social construction of religious and secular extremism / by Nachman Ben-Yehuda.

The state of Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish democracy without a legal separation between religion and the state. An expert on the construction of social and moral problems, Nachman Ben-Yehuda examines more than 50 years of media-reported unconventional and deviant behaviour by the Haredi...

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Main Author: Ben-Yehuda, Nachman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Ultra-Orthodox Jews > Israel.
Radicalism > Israel.
Democracy > Israel.
Democracy
Politics and government
Radicalism
Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Israel > Politics and government.
Israel
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Summary:The state of Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish democracy without a legal separation between religion and the state. An expert on the construction of social and moral problems, Nachman Ben-Yehuda examines more than 50 years of media-reported unconventional and deviant behaviour by the Haredi community.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199895090
0199895090
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 16, 2010).

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